[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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