Hi Phillip,
--On January 3, 2017 at 11:33:14 AM -0500 Phillip Hallam-Baker
<phill(_at_)hallambaker(_dot_)com> wrote:
Contrary to what the calendar people tell me, these issues are not
'difficult'. What is difficult is using programs that make unfounded
assumptions about the adjustments to apply rather than letting these be
set by the user.
Speaking as a "calendar" person - yes it is difficult but those
difficulties are well understood and we have options in place for dealing
with them. In particular, the tzdist protocol (RFC7808) provides an option
for a more automated way to distribute the IANA tz data - including leap
seconds. Leveraging that technology (with some additions for added security
if needed) might be an option.
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Cyrus Daboo