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Re: [Ntp] Leap smearing

Steve Allen <sla@ucolick.org> Thu, 10 December 2020 01:16 UTC

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On Wed 2020-12-09T17:00:30-0800 Hal Murray hath writ:
> We could do lots of things, but in this case, the guys who want leap smearing
> have already decided on those details and we should copy whatever they do.
>
> I think it's linear over 24 hours.  Does anybody have a good reference?

full day linear smear
updated last week to list other known methods

https://developers.google.com/time/smear

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