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June Will Be 1 Second Longer

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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.

Re: A bit embarrassing... software developer for years.... (Score: 0)

by billshooterofbul@pipedot.org on 2015-05-29 20:10 (#A1C0)

Sadly, there are more out there than their should be. The consequences of such issues should be relatively minor. Maybe the program will crash or display something wrong. It probably doesn't matter fro most apps.

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