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

Hal Murray hmurray at megapathdsl.net
Mon Jun 4 18:30:35 UTC 2012


mikes at flatsurface.com said:
> I think you're complaining about systems which don't do it right, not  leap
> seconds themselves. 

But POSIX pretends that leap seconds don't exist, so that's a lot of systems.


> Which are problems with the system/implementation. I don't see any point  in
> debating whether one kludge is better than another on a system which  can't
> properly handle leap seconds. Any kludge is bad. 

Are there any common OSes and/or APIs that do it correctly and cleanly?


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