(almost) time for that biannual DST rant
So what would happen if a deviant freak like me wrote the time on a marriage certificate to be at 2:30am today*? Of course it cannot be filed because courts are closed, but drop it off on Monday and see if you can find a dull-witted sleep-deprived clerk to enter it into evidence. At some time it will be entered into a computer, which will happily convert it to an integer. Would it choose 1:30am or 3:30am?
(Yes, I actually am curious, because different kernels might choose differently.)
More to the point would the license be considered valid, or could one argue for a free divorce based on the fact that the marriage could not possibly have happened?
If, as an hourly worker, I checked in at midnight and out at 4am, would I be paid for four hours or three?
Such silly games we play with time.
*Offer only valid in parts of the world. Christians are not allowed to do this because non-existent time makes baby Jesus cry, which violates canon and would cause a time paradox.
(Yes, I actually am curious, because different kernels might choose differently.)
More to the point would the license be considered valid, or could one argue for a free divorce based on the fact that the marriage could not possibly have happened?
If, as an hourly worker, I checked in at midnight and out at 4am, would I be paid for four hours or three?
Such silly games we play with time.
*Offer only valid in parts of the world. Christians are not allowed to do this because non-existent time makes baby Jesus cry, which violates canon and would cause a time paradox.