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Re: [Ntp] Leap smearing

Hal Murray <hmurray@megapathdsl.net> Thu, 10 December 2020 01:00 UTC

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doug.arnold@meinberg-usa.com said:
> The leap smear function co uld be a cosine function, to match the frequency
> at the start and end of the lea p smear interval.

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?


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