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Re: Need (today's date - 2 WORKING days) [was: Need (today's date + [1-7]]

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From: John B. Melby
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1992 10:47
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>Of course, POSIX 1003.1 decreed that leap seconds shall not be honored,
>so....

Does this mean that a POSIX-compliant machine should hang between 24:00
and 00:00?  What if this machine happens to be doing something that is
very time-critical?

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John B. Melby
Fujitsu Limited, Yokohama
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From: melby@dove.yk.Fujitsu.CO.JP (John B. Melby)
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Subject: Re: Need (today's date - 2 WORKING days) [was: Need (today's date + [1-7]]
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