Could the age of a digital timekeeping device capable of date conversion (that's assumed to have been powered continuously) be dated based on the number of leap seconds it is unaware of?

kabi@lemm.ee · 25 days ago

Could the age of a digital timekeeping device capable of date conversion (that's assumed to have been powered continuously) be dated based on the number of leap seconds it is unaware of?

m_f@midwest.social · 24 days ago

I was going to say that leap seconds only increment, but apparently that’s just been historically true, not theoretically true according to Wikipedia:

All have so far been positive leap seconds, adding a second to a UTC day; while it is possible for a negative leap second to be needed, one has not happened yet.