[RFC] In do_get_time, %S from 0 to 59, or 60, or even 61?!?

Carlo Wood carlo@alinoe.com
Fri Aug 27 13:10:00 GMT 2004


Even accepting 61 seems fine.

Why would one want to reject it?  I can't think of a program that
stops working when you DON'T reject it (that isn't already broken
in its design).  Rejecting a value of 2004 makes sense, but well.

I agree that accepting 60 is almost a must.

On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 12:54:51PM +0200, Paolo Carlini wrote:
> the C99 standard is very clear about the leap-second issue that leads to 
> 60 being also. Shall we at least accept 60 too? I'm tempted to think so, since 

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Carlo Wood <carlo@alinoe.com>



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