Re: [Ntp] Negative leap-second?

I don't think this really matters.

The fastest way to make sure that systems will handle leap seconds is to 
decide to implement a forward leap second in, say, January, and then a 
backward leap second in, say, March.  Then add one in May and subtract 
one in July.  Repeat.  When an actual leap second is really needed, just 
skip one of these, as appropriate.

Doing this will give folks plenty of opportunity to make sure that leap 
second processing code works, on an ongoing basis.

If folks prefer, do these once every third month instead of every other 
month.  The trick is to do them often enough that vendors have a clear 
reason to get this working correctly.

On 8/2/2022 4:05 PM, Danny Mayer wrote:
> Apparently the earth's rotation is speeding up: 
> https://www.timeanddate.com/news/astronomy/shortest-day-2022
> 
> If we have to subtract a leap-second I think we will see failures, since 
> this is rarely if ever tested.
> 
> Danny
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