Re: [tz] JavaScript IANA date/time library, now with support for leap seconds, TAI, TDT

On Mon, 26 Apr 2021 16:03:59 -0400, John_Sauter via tz wrote:
Based on the way the Earth has been rotating recently, the next leap second will be around the end of this decade, and it will be a negative leap second.
What kind of hopeless nerd does it make me that I find this an exciting prospect? I’ve taken negative leap seconds to be a nearly completely hypothetical idea, even though I have nevertheless coded diligently to account for the possibility.

On Mon, 2021-04-26 at 20:27 -0400, Kerry Shetline via tz wrote:
On Mon, 26 Apr 2021 16:03:59 -0400, John_Sauter via tz wrote:
Based on the way the Earth has been rotating recently, the next leap second will be around the end of this decade, and it will be a negative leap second.
What kind of hopeless nerd does it make me that I find this an exciting prospect?
I’ve taken negative leap seconds to be a nearly completely hypothetical idea, even though I have nevertheless coded diligently to account for the possibility.
Diligently and beautifully. John Sauter (John_Sauter@systemeyescomputerstore.com) -- get my PGP public key with gpg --locate-external-keys John_Sauter@systemeyescomputerstore.com
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