On Sat 2015-06-20T10:48:17 +0300, Saku Ytti hath writ:
You're right. Hopefully POSIX will become monotonic next year, by removal of leaps from UTC.
Probably not. The ITU-R has outlined four methods for this issue, see http://www.acma.gov.au/Industry/Spectrum/Spectrum-planning/International-pla... where of method A1, A2, B, C1, C2, and D not all of them remove the leap second from UTC. In any case, previous draft proposals have all specified a 5 year interval from deciding to change until the change happens, so we should plan for 5 more years of leap seconds no matter what. -- Steve Allen <sla@ucolick.org> WGS-84 (GPS) UCO/Lick Observatory--ISB Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99855 1156 High Street Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng -122.06015 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m