Re: [Scheme-reports] Comments on draft 6

[John Cowan <cowan@x>]

Alex Shinn scripsit:

> However, the proper basis for this is a single monotonic

and linear

> time, which is the intermediary used in most calendrical calculations.
> Furthermore, timestamps are useful by themselves without any notion
> of calendar, so I think we should include this basis in the small
> language.  Since POSIX time is not monotonic,

It is monotonic, at least at 1s resolution, just not linear.

> the only options are based on TAI.

Otherwise I agree.

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