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From: Wilhelm Spickermann <zulo.20.unbenutzbar@spamgourmet.com>
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Subject: Re: Advice on Calendar.Time
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 18:59:26 +0100
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Larry Kilgallen wrote:

> If your operating system is set to make daylight savings time
> adjustments, you should change that setting.

and additionally check for the handling of leap seconds. If your
operating system is using "posix"-time, it will _not_ count
positive leap seconds. There will be a positive leap second at
the end of this year:
(http://hpiers.obspm.fr/iers/bul/bulc/bulletinc.dat)

Wilhelm