We noticed several ntp servers tried to insert a leap second on 31st December 2012.
There was no leap second insertion scheduled for that date. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second#Insertion_of_leap_seconds and ftp://hpiers.obspm.fr/iers/bul/bulc/bulletinc.dat The linux kernel seems to still have bugs regarding this, that ripples in user space. http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/07/01/1920217/leap-second-bug-causes-crashes which lead then to a high power usage in some data centers: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2012/07/03/hosts-leap-second-caused-spike-power-usage/ Nevertheless, why so many ntp servers tried to insert a leap second? PS: Will we have to call John MacClane (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Free_or_Die_Hard#Plot) in June 2013? ;)
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