This is my last post on this topic. Diominishing returns have clearly set in.
Hardware STCK[E] values obtained directly do not contain leap seconds; other software-mediated time and date values do usually reflect them. The leap-seconds table in the PrOp provides the information, not quite up to date in the current edition, needed for this software mediation. --jg -- John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA
