On 2017 Jan 29 17:37:22, you wrote to me:

 ml>>>> what happened to the leap second that was talked about?

 NB>>> I was told to scrap anything ABNF had to say about the matter when
 NB>>> it came to hours, minutes,  and seconds - and use FTS-0001 instead.

 ml>> you don't have to do everything everyone tells you...

 NB> In order to get anywhere with this proposal, it seems as though I do,
 NB> since they didn't agree with what was currently there.

they who? the ones who didn't participate when the proposal was originally
presented here for feedback?? the FTSC can/will make some changes when/if they
are needed after the document is presented to them for adding to the library
and consideration for becoming a standard...

 NB>>> There is nothing in FTS-0001 that mentions a leap second, so we're
 NB>>> left with the above.

 ml>> that just goes to show you that randy bush didn't think of everything
 ml>> and that no one else caught it either... in this case, the fact
 ml>> remains that it could happen that a leap second is written and it
 ml>> needs to be allowed for in the documentation before someone's tossers
 ml>> start crashing because they were also shortsighted about leap
 ml>> things...

 NB> Agreed completely!

we won't even mention that randy wasn't even a programmer... he got feedback
from the coders for the stuff he used but he wasn't a coder...

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