[LEAPSECS] Windows Time's Great Leap Forward

2009-10-09 Thread Matsakis, Demetrios
Microsoft's NTP package gives no notice of a pending leap second, even when acting as a server. Here are some pastes from Microsoft's web site: The Windows Time service does not indicate the value of the Leap Indicator when the Windows Time service receives a packet that includes a leap second.

Re: [LEAPSECS] Windows Time's Great Leap Forward

2009-10-09 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message 20091009153241.gi20...@fysh.org, Zefram writes: Matsakis, Demetrios wrote: Microsoft's NTP package gives no notice of a pending leap second, even when acting as a server. No great surprise. Microsoft really doesn't get NTP. s/NTP/time at all/ -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX

Re: [LEAPSECS] yet another satellite time scale

2009-10-09 Thread Magnus Danielson
Steve, Steve Allen wrote: Within the recent CGSIC proceedings is the overview presentation by Lewandowski of the BIPM. http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/cgsic/meetings/49thmeeting/Reports/%5B39%5DTiming_WL_General.pdf It includes one page plotting the various satellite time scales and another showing

Re: [LEAPSECS] LEAPSECS Digest, Vol 34, Issue 8

2009-10-09 Thread Jonathan Natale
AFAIK, routers also just re-sych. The OS's are not capable of xx:xx:60 time. For reading router logs this is fine in most cases which is all NTP is really for. I don't think they simply step the time, I am pretty sure they do tweak the freq. I could be wrong and I am NOT representing

Re: [LEAPSECS] LEAPSECS Digest, Vol 34, Issue 8

2009-10-09 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: 13205c286662de4387d9af3ac30ef456afa8697...@embx01-wf.jnpr.net Jonathan Natale jnat...@juniper.net writes: : AFAIK, routers also just re-sych. The OS's are not capable of : xx:xx:60 time. For reading router logs this is fine in most cases : which is all NTP is really for.

Re: [LEAPSECS] LEAPSECS Digest, Vol 34, Issue 8

2009-10-09 Thread Magnus Danielson
M. Warner Losh wrote: In message: 13205c286662de4387d9af3ac30ef456afa8697...@embx01-wf.jnpr.net Jonathan Natale jnat...@juniper.net writes: : AFAIK, routers also just re-sych. The OS's are not capable of : xx:xx:60 time. For reading router logs this is fine in most cases : which is