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Re: [AVTCORE] Leap seconds

Kevin Gross <kevin.gross@avanw.com> Wed, 14 September 2011 18:08 UTC

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The overflow in 2038 is discussed in RFC 3550. That might get a little messy
but at least it is not a mystery.

The proposal to eliminate UTC leap seconds is controversial and still under
consideration. In any case, I don't think I can wait until 2017 for a
solution/answer.

Kevin

On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Allison, Art <AAllison@nab.org> wrote:

> As I understand it the UTC clock will monotonically increase after  January
> 2017 (no more leap seconds). What happens at 03:14:07 UTC<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time>on Tuesday, 19 January 2038 (32
> bit count overflow) will need to be addressed by someone, - your guess if
> any equipment being built today will be in service then. ****
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> http://www.agi.com/downloads/resources/white-papers/Debate-Over-UTC-and-Leap-Seconds.pdf
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