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It's not just time zones and leap seconds. SI seconds on Earth are slower because of relativity, so there are time standards for space stuff (TCB, TGC) that use faster SI seconds than UTC/Unix time. T2 - T1 = [God doesn't know and the Devil isn't telling.]

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[-] hikaru755@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago

Exactly that! KISS is an often cited rule among software devs.

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