[ntp:questions] WARNING: someone's faking a leap second tonight

irtermite at gmail.com irtermite at gmail.com
Thu Aug 30 17:05:38 UTC 2012


On Wednesday, August 1, 2012 12:08:40 PM UTC-5, steven Sommars wrote:
> The main standard says a leap second is allowed in any month.  That's what
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> the reference ntpd does.
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> See ITU-R, TF460, STANDARD-FREQUENCY  AND  TIME-SIGNAL  EMISSIONS.
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> This link may work:
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> http://www.itu.int/dms_pubrec/itu-r/rec/tf/R-REC-TF.460-6-200202-I!!PDF-E.pdf
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> On the other hand Bulletin C (
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> ftp://hpiers.obspm.fr/iers/bul/bulc/bulletinc.dat) says December or June.
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> Take your pick.
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Yes, for future notifications of the real authority on leap seconds, simply go to http://hpiers.obspm.fr/eop-pc/index.php?index=bulletin_registration&lang=en  and add yourself to the C Bulletins.  You will receive regular updates on when they will occur, or if the next possible block (December / June) is not to occur. 



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