Why does Java have support for time zone offsets with seconds precision?

It’s not supported by ISO-8601, but it is a valid offset as recorded in the IANA time zone database.

Sub-minute offsets are common in the data for the late 19th and early 20th century, before time zones were properly standardized. For example, Europe/Paris had an offset of +00:09:21 until 1911 (according to the IANA database).

The latest occurrence I can find for this is Africa/Monrovia which had a sub-minute offset until 1972!

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