On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 8:45 AM, Steve Allen <[email protected]> wrote: > Bloomberg will smear over 2000 seconds after the leap. > https://data.bloomberglp.com/professional/sites/4/Bloomberg-Leap-Second_December-2016.pdf > > They are one of many cloud and financial operations who have, > ironically, decided that the non-precision timekeeping through the 1960s > (and of POSIX) is preferable to the precise time choice made by the CCIR.
Leap seconds are a great idea if your primary need is frequency and not phase because who cares what the phase points are labeled, just so long as the frequency has no jumps in it. Telcos love this because they are all about frequency performance. However, when you do care about the labels, they are nothing but a pain in the ass if you need them to be pedantically correct in all your applications. That's why so many folks repudiate them by doing the 'smear' and screwing up the frequency domain to keep a sane phase domain. Warner _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
