Warner Losh wrote: > On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 9:27 AM, Martin Burnicki > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Each bulletin C from IERS says: >> >> "Leap seconds can be introduced in UTC at the end of the months of >> December or June, depending on the evolution of UT1-TAI. Bulletin C is >> mailed every six months, either to announce a time step in UTC or to >> confirm that there will be no time step at the next possible date." > > That's not an official standards document. That's IERS telling us how often > they will publish their Bulletin C with not a lot of precision. Sometimes it's > sent out on July 1, other times later, for example.
Agreed, but it clearly states what will happen in about 6 months, and even if no leap second is currently scheduled there will be no leap second before the next bulletin C is published. I think the problems we've observed with some leap seconds is not due to this practice. Martin _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
