[LEAPSECS] stale leap second information

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Tue Jan 13 03:10:59 EST 2015


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In message <AF8BF6DCD7234A3489E799728A5F4D01 at pc52>, "Tom Van Baak" writes:

>I'm more of a minimalist. Try this 40-line text file instead:
>    http://maia.usno.navy.mil/ser7/tai-utc.dat
>This simple file has been around since the 90's and is always right.

Ehh....

It may be in a purely technical sense, but in these days of "cyberwar
worries" a lot of people will not be legally able to rely on it anymore...

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