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    Losing a day

    BBC News - Samoa to jump forward in time by one day

    Funny things, timezones and datelines & such like.

    #2
    we should scrap them all and switch to UNIX time
    Coffee's for closers

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      #3
      Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
      we should scrap them all and switch to UNIX time
      1 January 1970, every day.

      On January 19, 2038, the Unix Time Stamp will cease to work due to a 32-bit overflow. Before this moment millions of applications will need to either adopt a new convention for time stamps or be migrated to 64-bit systems
      Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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        #4
        I wonder whether anyone working there had booked a day off work scheduled for that day. And. then. found. it. had. gone..

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          #5
          Looks like "space time" uses GMT

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            #6
            Originally posted by KentPhilip View Post
            I wonder whether anyone working there had booked a day off work scheduled for that day. And. then. found. it. had. gone..
            Not just that... how many birthday parties, weddings and anniversaries and the rest will be disrupted.
            Coffee's for closers

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