Return-Path: Received: by vger.rutgers.edu id <153872-8316>; Thu, 10 Sep 1998 01:18:14 -0400 Received: from post-12.mail.demon.net ([194.217.242.41]:49869 "EHLO post.mail.demon.net" ident: "NO-IDENT-SERVICE[2]") by vger.rutgers.edu with ESMTP id <154163-8316>; Thu, 10 Sep 1998 00:56:33 -0400 Message-ID: <19980910073422.A13283@tantalophile.demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 07:34:22 +0100 From: Jamie Lokier To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: GPS Leap Second Scheduled! Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1 In-Reply-To: ; from David Lang on Wed, Sep 09, 1998 at 09:35:59AM -0700 Sender: owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu Content-Length: 664 Lines: 17 On Wed, Sep 09, 1998 at 09:35:59AM -0700, David Lang wrote: > I am probably missing something, but can't you just ignore the leap second > until you discover that the time is 1 sec off and then use the normal NTP > procedure to get back to the exact time Until the NTP procedure discovers and corrects this (a few minutes, plus correction time), anything that expects synchronised time between machines can go wrong. Admittedly synchronisation isn't perfect anyway. -- Jamie - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/faq.html