[ntp:questions] Leap second preparedness

A C agcarver+ntp at acarver.net
Sat Jun 30 05:34:26 UTC 2012


On 6/29/2012 16:57, Dave Hart wrote:
> I know, leap second preparedness is like sneeze preparedness to people
> who have a life.  But if you care about the pending hole in computers'
> timeline, in about 2 minutes ntpd systems around the world will begin
> announcing leap=01 instead of leap=00.  If you are responsible for any
> ntpd instances, you might spot check to be sure they are in fact
> announcing the insertion a day in advance as intended.  This is
> particularly important for NTP servers relied upon by others.

Once it's inserted, I assume the log file will record the event in some way?


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