> On the other hand, I'm still wondering if the data itself is correct. > It looks like @@Gj is saying that the leap second will occur on Jan. 1 > at 00:00:00. Is that the correct thing for this message to indicate for > a leap second that will occur on Dec. 31 at 23:59:60? Perhaps the @@Gj > message really means "the leap second is inserted before this > date/time"? The Motorola documentation that I have is unclear on this > point.
I've seen this here and there. Some systems say the leap second will occur on 2005-12-31 while others report 2006-01-01. Although the 12/31 date is probably more "correct", I don't think it makes much difference; because in the case of leap seconds it's unambiguous. Note also, given the population distribution of the Earth, far more people see leap seconds on July 1 or January 1, local time, than June 30 or December 31. While I get to preview UTC New Years or leap seconds at 4 PM PST here in Seattle (UTC-8), there's a billion people in China (UTC+8) that have to wait until 8 AM on Jan 1. By the way, if someone has access to world population sorted by timezone see if you can calculate the exact percentage of people left of Greenwich vs. right of Greenwich. /tvb _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts