Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Denver Mods 4/2/84) 6/24/83; site drutx.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!drutx!bees From: bees@drutx.UUCP (DavisRB) Newsgroups: net.sources Subject: Re: Algorithm wanted Message-ID: <1593@drutx.UUCP> Date: Tue, 11-Dec-84 20:53:40 EST Article-I.D.: drutx.1593 Posted: Tue Dec 11 20:53:40 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 12-Dec-84 06:17:59 EST References: <2519@sdcc3.UUCP> <600@burl.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver Lines: 12 -- Don't forget the "leap second"! Yes, these buggers really do exist, but there is no algorithm for them. Every so often, the National Bureau of Standards declares another leap second. I once had to write a date/time conversion routine for the National Earthquake Information Service's Seismic Evaluation Data Analysis System, that had to take leap seconds into account. Ray Davis AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver {ihnp4, houxe, stcvax!ihnp4}!drutx!bees, (303)538-3991