[LEAPSECS] 2007-12-31 23:59:60 Z (sic)

[Rob Seaman]

M. Warner Losh said:


> I think leap seconds are evil, and must die, but I think this

> antiquated way of distributing leap seconds may be the root of most  

> evilness in the current scheme.


The entire ridiculous discussion (and the unilateral attempt to  
steamroller a "solution") does come down to whether leap seconds are  
regarded as a necessary evil.

It would be refreshing to design a time distribution system from the  
top down, starting with an unbiased requirements discovery phase.  I  
don't give a damn for leap seconds, after all - rather, I'm a staunch  
supporter of maintaining civil mean solar time as distinct from  
interval time.

Magnus Danielson wrote:


> For use on the Internet (important scooping, there are many non- 

> internet based systems out there, some for a very good reason) a  

> very simple means of achieving is by using DNS.


See the NTP working group:

	https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/ntpwg

for a discussion on this topic almost LEAPSECS-like in its bloated  
density.

Rob Seaman
National Optical Astronomy Observatory