[LEAPSECS] IBM and negative leap seconds

Steve Allen sla at ucolick.org
Sat Jun 29 17:50:56 EDT 2019


This one is allowed to be funnier than the Rockwell Collins GPS
receiver issue earlier this month.

PH12911: CEELOCT FAILS TO RETURN A VALID TIME WHEN CVTLSO IS NEGATIVE.

https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1PH12911

In short: Strange time values are returned if an IBM system is
configured with a negative number of leap seconds.

Fix:
Customer: Doctor it hurts when I do this.
IBM: Then don't do that.

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