Sorry if this comes across as a bit cynical but... Presumably system functionality during leap second events would be something that is (or could be ?)tested during the pre commissioning phase of a systems implementation ? I would have thought this would be especially important for "emergency" systems ?
Are there "leap second" test sets that non time nuts could use to generate leap second events during pre commissioning tests ? (I'm envisioning some form of NTP server that could generate leap second events on command ?) Best regards Mark Spencer Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 1, 2017, at 2:46 PM, Andy ZL3AG via time-nuts <time-nuts@febo.com> > wrote: > > > Agreed, but new years eve is a special case for emergency services in > particular. > > >> On 2/01/2017, at 2:38 AM, Bob Camp wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> Insertion times that are convenient for some could be a major pain for >> others. There is no >> single “good” time to insert a leap second. You might argue that doing it >> while the financial >> markets are closed is a good idea. That sort of rules out the middle of the >> week. You also >> could argue that you do it when everybody is on hand to fix things. That >> sort of rules out >> weekends. With two simple “rules”, the entire week has been crossed off the >> list …. >> >> If you go back in the archives, you will find significant discussion going >> on about dropping >> leap seconds altogether. That would indeed eliminate the need to schedule >> them. It also >> would eventually result in some odd adjustments to local time. >> >> >> Bob >> >>> On Jan 1, 2017, at 8:07 AM, Andy ZL3AG via time-nuts <time-nuts@febo.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> If so, they should think about adding the leap second on the night of the >>> 2nd wednesday of January, or such a time when things are quieter around the >>> world. >>> >>> Do they add the leap second at the same moment in time throughout the >>> world, or are the clocks here in NZ running 13 hours and 1 second ahead of >>> those in the UK for half of Jan 1st? > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
