I seem to remember someone from NPL telling me that they actually increment the each of the last 10 seconds before the epoch by 100mS, rather than putting in one whole second.
Rob Kimberley -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Van Baak (lab) Sent: 29 June 2012 17:39 To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Leap second coming... There's an old list of how to (and how not to) watch a leap second: http://leapsecond.com/notes/leap-watch.htm The NMEA output of some GPS receivers is fun to watch. Some use a double :59:59 or double :00:00 instead of :59:60 for a positive leap second. /tvb (iPhone4) On Jun 29, 2012, at 17:10, David McGaw <[email protected]> wrote: > Besides leapsecond.com, online there is also of course NIST/USNO's site http://time.gov and you can listen to WWV at 303-499-7111. If you want to hear it online you could use Skype. > > David > > On 6/29/12 2:21 AM, jim s wrote: >> I've got a note set for 6/29/2012 @ 5pm PST. Hopefully that is the right time. >> >> any way for a challenged one to "listen" I'm currently grazing for an internet version of wwv to listen to, but recommendations would be great. >> >> Thanks for the program pointer, Hal. >> thanks >> jim >> >> On 6/28/2012 9:37 PM, Hal Murray wrote: >>> Everybody ready for the big event?:) >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
