t...@leapsecond.com said: > The words "insert a pulse" is what causes the confusion in conjunction with > leap seconds. There is no extra or missing pulse; no double pulse, no early > or delayed pulse.
> The 1PPS output continues to give a pulse at a 1 Hz rate regardless if there > is leap second or not. There is never any ambiguity with TAI or UTC with > respect to the pulses themselves. Right. I was commenting about the sub-thread that was expecting an extra pulse so a mechanical clock would stay in sync over a leap second event. Since what's needed is removing a pulse (to allow for the leap second), rather than inserting a pulse, I still like the idea of poking a finger on the right place in the clock to gum up the works for one tick. -- These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. I hate spam. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
