Rust @programming.dev snaggen @programming.dev 8 mo. ago

A nice review of time, chrono and hifitime

users.rust-lang.org The state of time in Rust: leaps and bounds

In this topic, I will try to review the current landscape of Rust libraries for accounting dates and times. In particular, I will touch on the thorny issues concerning support for time standards and UTC leap seconds. The problem space There are several different quantities used by software to repre...

I found this review very interesting. It goes quite deep into the different problems. The author have done the research and does s good job of presenting it in a clear and understandable way.

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I don't have much to add so here's a quote from the forums that made me chuckle

So hypothetically programmers in 2135 or later may have to deal with a leap minute (assuming the Earth rotation will not slow dramatically before that).