[ntp:questions] Question about 2008 leap second
Rob van der Putten
rob at sput.nl
Wed Dec 31 20:02:04 UTC 2008
Hi there
Unruh wrote:
> It depends. Some people regard the leapsecond as counting
> 23:59:0 23:59:1 ...25:59:59 23:59:60 0:0:0
> while I think the leapsecond standard is actually
> 23:59:0 23:59:1 ...25:59:59 0:0:0 0:0:0
> Ie it occurs on teh first second of the new year, rather than the last
> second of the old. I assume BBC (and ntp ) follow the former.
AFAIK, the first is the standard, the second the implementation.
Regards,
Rob
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