https://xkcd.com/2867

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It’s not just time zones and leap seconds. SI seconds on Earth are slower because of relativity, so there are time standards for space stuff (TCB, TGC) that use faster SI seconds than UTC/Unix time. T2 - T1 = [God doesn’t know and the Devil isn’t telling.]

  • Limonene@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    C++ user with operator overloading: “T2 minus T1.”

    Let someone else implement the class. There’s probably a library for it.

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      11 months ago

      Is there a straightforward way to know which overloading will be used or is it just a roulette every time you add a sketchy new library to your build?