|> GPS can deal with it, even IEEE 1344 and C37.118 time codes can, but I'm |> not sure if WWVB can. Anyway, I know the German DCF-77 transmitter has |> no flag defined to announce a negative leap second, so there would be |> major problems if one had to be inserted. | |Both WWVB and DCF-77 have a single leap second warning bit. \ |With WWVB you look at the sign of DUT1 to know if the leap \ |is insert or delete. So WWVB is fine. | |DCF-77 has no DUT1 or leap gender bit so, yes, there will \ |be trouble. I'm sure PTB will figure something out if it ever comes to that.
While at it the PTB could take the leadership and, after having dropped distributing the signed UT1-UT difference in 1977 (says Wikipedia), start distributing the TAI-UTC difference in the same slot, thus offering atomic time and civil time over DCF-77. --steffen _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
