[ntp:questions] Strat 1 servers reporting leap_none?

Hal Murray hal-usenet at ip-64-139-1-69.sjc.megapath.net
Wed Dec 31 20:48:26 UTC 2008


>GPS does not advertise leap seconds (they just insert them when
>appropriate) so if their only source is gps, then they have "no way of
>knowing".

That's not correct.  Some receivers may not pass the info to the user,
but the satellites transmit it.

[I recently fixed a bug where the refclk driver for the HP Z3801A
was announcing a leap second before the appropraite month.]

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