[ntp:hackers] Leap second support in versions prior to 4.2.6
Warner Losh
imp at bsdimp.com
Mon Jun 4 17:30:46 UTC 2012
On Jun 4, 2012, at 10:53 AM, Mike S wrote:
> 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.
Yes. Leap seconds with their non-uniform radix is a poor match to software that assumes a uniform radix...
Warner
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