[ntp:questions] My extra second ...

Unruh unruh-spam at physics.ubc.ca
Thu Jan 1 16:25:12 UTC 2009


"David J Taylor" <david-taylor at blueyonder.neither-this-part.nor-this-bit.co.uk> writes:

>Laws, Peter C. wrote:
>> I enjoyed my extra second, how about you?
>>
>> I was amused that WWV announced that it was *going to* happen in the
>> 4th minute ... after the insertion.  :-)

>Well, thankfully it was a complete non-event here:

>  http://www.satsignal.eu/ntp/ntp-events.htm#2008-12-31

>My thanks to those who wrote the GPS & PPS code, made the Windows 
>leap-second code, and made the Windows port available.  It all went 
>without a hitch.

Apparently a number of Linux machines completely locked up at the leap
second. Problems in the kernel ntp.c code apparently.

>I see from another list that even Apple.com had a server which missed the 
>leap-second....

>Thanks, and a Very Happy New Year!

>David 




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