This discussion should go to LEAPSECS and leave NTPWG.
I'm copying it over there. Please remove ntpwg from further replies.
POSIX specs for zoneinfo already require enough complexity to handle
the leap seconds, and the mechanisms for updating the zoneinfo files
are well tested. All
Replies to leapsecs.
On Jun 19, 2008, at 1:33 PM, Marshall Eubanks wrote:
Leapseconds are driven by torques at the core mantle boundary, which
we cannot see directly
and basically have information about only through UT1 and LOD
measurements. In practice, leap seconds cannot be predicted
