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		bpicolo on July 23, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NASA’s Kepler Mission Discovers Bigger, Older Cous... seconds since January 1, 1970 on earth is still a valid strategy : )

InclinedPlane on July 23, 2015 [–]

Almost, but not quite.

While seconds since Jan 1, 1970 is a perfectly fine system, sadly unixtime has deviated from that simple definition, due to the introduction of leap-seconds.

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