[Datetime-SIG] PEP 495 (Local Time Disambiguation) is ready for pronouncement

[Alexander Belopolsky]

On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 11:19 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 7:37 PM, Alexander Belopolsky
> <alexander.belopolsky at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 10:29 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org>
>> wrote:
>> > How did we end up bending over this far backwards for leap seconds?
>>
>> That's why I think February 29, 1900 may be a better selling point for
>> PEP-0500 than the 36 (and counting) leap seconds.
>
>
> I'm surely missing a joke here. Is this just the problem with the POSIX
> standard disagreeing with Pope Gregory XIII?

No, the problem is that both POSIX and Pope Gregory XIII disagree with
Microsoft.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/214326