Yo Tom! Here we go again. Leap seconds always cause stress...
On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 22:08:48 -0700
"Tom Van Baak" <t...@leapsecond.com> wrote:
> In general there's a common belief that a leap second can only occur
> at the end of June or December. This is false. Don't ever hardcode
> this assumption.
NTP Classic thinks otherwise:
http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1090
gpsd follows the lead of NTP folks.
> IERS is free to schedule a leap second at the end of any month. And
> it may be an insert or a delete. Assume nothing more or less in your
> code. Code and test and document for positive and negative leap
> seconds equally.
Got a reference for that? I know many people that will insist otherwise.
RGDS
GARY
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