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Re: Git should preserve modification times at least on request

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Andreas Krey <a.krey@gmx.de>
Date
Feb 26, 2018, 10:56 UTC
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On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 03:05:35 +0000, 'Peter Backes' wrote: ...

> The bigger issue is usually to copy with those pesky leap seconds. It 
> makes a difference whether one uses solar seconds ("posix" style; those 
> are more commonly seen) or atomic seconds ("right" style) for the UNIX 
> timestamp.

Is there any system, unix or otherwise, that uses 'right'-style seconds, i.e. TAI, as its base?

(I.e. one where (time(0)%60) does not indicate the current position of the second hand of an accurate clock?)

- Andreas
-- 
"Totally trivial. Famous last words."
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@*.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:29:21 -0800
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  1. Peter BackesFeb 19, 2018
  2. Johannes SchindelinFeb 19, 2018
  3. Peter BackesFeb 19, 2018
  4. Theodore Ts'oFeb 20, 2018
  5. Johannes SchindelinFeb 20, 2018
  6. Peter BackesFeb 20, 2018
  7. Peter BackesFeb 20, 2018
  8. Johannes SchindelinFeb 20, 2018
  9. Peter BackesFeb 20, 2018
  10. Phillip WoodFeb 21, 2018
  11. Randall S. BeckerFeb 19, 2018
  12. Hilco WijbengaFeb 19, 2018
  13. Hilco WijbengaFeb 20, 2018
  14. Jeff KingFeb 20, 2018
  15. Peter BackesFeb 20, 2018
  16. Jacob KellerFeb 21, 2018
  17. Junio C HamanoFeb 20, 2018
  18. Derek FawcusFeb 21, 2018
  19. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonFeb 21, 2018
  20. Peter BackesFeb 21, 2018
  21. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonFeb 21, 2018
  22. Peter BackesFeb 21, 2018
  23. Randall S. BeckerFeb 21, 2018
  24. 'Peter Backes'Feb 22, 2018
  25. Andreas KreyFeb 26, 2018
  26. 'Peter Backes'Feb 26, 2018
  27. Derek FawcusFeb 22, 2018
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