Re: GitHub search for 84600 seconds. Oops. #11 Post by tantalor » Thu, May 08, 2014, 8:38 PM UTC ggreer wrote: post #5 Kiro wrote: post #2 I don't understand. A day is 86,400 seconds. Sometimes.
Re: GitHub search for 84600 seconds. Oops. #12 Post by akerl_ » Thu, May 08, 2014, 8:38 PM UTC Humorous as this is, it doesn't seem newsworthy. Maybe submit to The Daily WTF next time?
Re: GitHub search for 84600 seconds. Oops. #13 Post by ethann » Thu, May 08, 2014, 8:38 PM UTC Kiro wrote: post #2 I don't understand. There are 86400 seconds in a day
Re: GitHub search for 84600 seconds. Oops. #14 Post by JosephRedfern » Thu, May 08, 2014, 8:38 PM UTC Kiro wrote: post #2 I don't understand. Number of seconds in a day = 60 * 60 * 24 == 86400, rather than 84600.
Re: GitHub search for 84600 seconds. Oops. #15 Post by krzrak » Thu, May 08, 2014, 8:38 PM UTC nycmattw wrote: post #3 Kiro wrote: post #2 I don't understand. I actually don't understand either. Explain OP? 86400 seconds = 24 hours84600 seconds = typo ;)
Re: GitHub search for 84600 seconds. Oops. #16 Post by elwell » Thu, May 08, 2014, 8:39 PM UTC I don't think it's right to judge someone just because they have 23.5 hour days. To each their own, I say.
Re: GitHub search for 84600 seconds. Oops. #17 Post by memnips » Thu, May 08, 2014, 8:39 PM UTC 86400 seconds is 24 hours. It is surprisingly commonly mis-entered as 84600 seconds, as evidenced by this search. As such, many unintended consequences can ensue.
Re: GitHub search for 84600 seconds. Oops. #18 Post by dandandan » Thu, May 08, 2014, 8:39 PM UTC nycmattw wrote: post #3 Kiro wrote: post #2 I don't understand. I actually don't understand either. Explain OP? It's the number of seconds in a day.
Re: GitHub search for 84600 seconds. Oops. #19 Post by tantalor » Thu, May 08, 2014, 8:39 PM UTC A day is not always 24 hours.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time
Re: GitHub search for 84600 seconds. Oops. #20 Post by tshaddox » Thu, May 08, 2014, 8:40 PM UTC chubot wrote: post #4 Haha, should be 86400, not 84600. I liked this one: SECONDS_PER_23_5_HOURS = 84600