Mills@UDEL.EDU (12/26/89)
Archive-name: ntp/leap.txt Original-posting-by: Mills@UDEL.EDU Original-subject: Re: Of interest to time freaks Archive-site: louie.udel.edu [128.175.1.3] Archive-directory: pub/ntp Archive-files: leap.txt Reposted-by: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) John, Well, we are having a wonderful time on the Network Time Protocol jabber list (ntp@trantor.umd.edu) exploring the causes, effects and defenses of leap seconds, all fifteen of them come next year. For a mind-numbing expose of timescales, leaps and wiggles as relevant to a computer clock near you, see the file pub/ntp/leap.txt on louie.udel.edu. For those clocks chiming NTP, something over 2000 so far, be advised the primary NTP servers should leap precisely on cue; however, what your time-conversion routines do during second 23:59:60 UT on 31 December 1989 may be anybody's guess. The more extreme of us clockerfolk have a contest going. Dave