[LEAPSECS] LOD reaches 0 s/d
Poul-Henning Kamp
phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Thu Nov 12 18:45:52 EST 2020
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> predicts that d(UT2)/d(TAI) = 1 after 2021-11-13, ie
> the rates of UTT2 and TAI are expected to agree for the
> next year. This has never happened since 1961. We may
> not need to abolish leap seconds for quite a while.
Unless of course we get close enough to a negative one, that people
are *really* going to freak out.
Hands in the air: Who here besides Warner and me has ever tried to
test handling of negative leap-seconds ?
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