Re: [LEAPSECS] more Windows 10 leap details

2018-10-24 Thread Tom Van Baak
Part 2 of the blog is just out: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/networking/2018/10/24/leap-seconds-for-the-appdev-what-you-should-know/ Note the new, per-process compatibility mode default is a 2 second or ½ second leap smear. Fun times ahead. /tvb

Re: [LEAPSECS] more Windows 10 leap details

2018-10-19 Thread Steve Allen
On Fri 2018-10-19T08:50:22-0400 Greg Hennessy hath writ: > Apparently the description of the mechanism is in the next blog > post. But this post does clarify that Microsoft has taken on the responsibility for distributing leap second announcements as part of the routine updates to the operating

Re: [LEAPSECS] more Windows 10 leap details

2018-10-19 Thread Greg Hennessy
On 10/19/2018 03:48 AM, Clive D.W. Feather wrote: Reading this, it appears they provide a mechanism for inserting a leap second for testing purposes (good), but I can't see any description of that mechanism (bad). Apparently the description of the mechanism is in the next blog post.

Re: [LEAPSECS] more Windows 10 leap details

2018-10-19 Thread Clive D.W. Feather
Steve Allen said: > Here is another blog post about handling of leap seconds in Windows 10, > including a link to video of Judah Levine at the NYSE decrying smearing. > > https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/networking/2018/10/17/leapseconds-for-the-itpro/ Reading this, it appears they provide a