[ntp:hackers] Leap second support in versions prior to 4.2.6

Mike S mikes at flatsurface.com
Mon Jun 4 16:53:24 UTC 2012


On 6/4/2012 11:29 AM, Greg Dowd wrote:
> My bigger regret with leap seconds is the loss of monotonicity that
> happened somewhere along the way.

???

Leap seconds (both insertions and deletions) are monotonic. If you're 
doing it right, it goes:

23:59:59
23:59:60
00:00:00

I think you're complaining about systems which don't do it right, not 
leap seconds themselves.


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