I never really took time seriously until one of my cron jobs skipped execution because of daylight saving. That was the moment I realized how tricky time actually is.
This article explains it really well. The part about leap seconds especially got me. We literally have to smear time to keep servers from crashing. That’s kind of insane.
This article explains it really well. The part about leap seconds especially got me. We literally have to smear time to keep servers from crashing. That’s kind of insane.