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It's not just time zones and leap seconds. SI seconds on Earth are slower because of relativity, so there are time standards for space stuff (TCB, TGC) that use faster SI seconds than UTC/Unix time. T2 - T1 = [God doesn't know and the Devil isn't telling.]

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[–] Limonene@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

C++ user with operator overloading: "T2 minus T1."

Let someone else implement the class. There's probably a library for it.

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