Comment 9XQV Re: A bit embarrassing... software developer for years....

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A bit embarrassing... software developer for years.... (Score: 1)

by tanuki64@pipedot.org on 2015-05-28 09:06 (#9XP1)

...but I simply don't understand the problem.
It's possible that programs not equipped to handle the extra second could have an issue.
What programs? If the clock is not correct I might have a minor problem with builds. I might recompile more than necessary. So What? But crashes? Especially so boring systems like websites? Possibly "lightly" corrupt databases, yes. Perhaps the order of a few posts mixed up, yes. This should be all. I'd probably have think hard how to crash a program on purpose just because the time is one second off.

Re: A bit embarrassing... software developer for years.... (Score: 1, Insightful)

by Anonymous Coward on 2015-05-28 09:37 (#9XQV)

What programs?
Shit programs!

Time should always be stored and processed as a timestamp. Human readable date strings are meaningless to computers and should be used for display only.

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2015-05-28 10:29 Insightful +1 computermachine@pipedot.org

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Marked as [Not Junk] by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2015-05-31 06:22