Interesting read: http://www.leapsecond.com/notes/leap-watch.htm
Terry On Saturday, December 31, 2016 at 10:11:17 AM UTC-6, Scott McInness wrote: > > The most recent leap second was inserted on 30 June 2015 at 23:59:60 UTC, > so whatever happened 18 months *should* happen again this time. Note that > the leap second is inserted at 23:59:60 UTC, so your local time zone will > affect when you actually see the leap second – it’s about eight hours away. > > > > Have a read of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second if you want to > know more about why. > > > > *From:* [email protected] <javascript:> [mailto: > [email protected] <javascript:>] *On Behalf Of *Nicholas Stock > *Sent:* Sunday, 1 January 2017 2:19 AM > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:> > *Subject:* Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Leap second... > > > > Y2K all over again!! > > > > If I can stay up I'll try and keep an eye on mine..... > > > > Happy New Year Folks! > > > > On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 7:41 AM, H. Carl Ott <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > I'm not 100% sure, and I wrote the code. lol, > > > > But really. > > > > We convert the time info in the GPS NMEA sentence to a 32 bit elapsed > seconds count from an epoch date. This is what gets transmitted via the > RPTR radio link. > > > > So. > > Dec 31, 23:59:60 > > Jan 1, 00:00:00 > > > > Should both display the same (as Jan 1 00:00:00). > > > > If you have any transition effects that run at the top on the minute they > will start as usual and then exit with the correct time showing. You should > also get a "SYNCED" message as the clock readjusts its internal RTC to > match the received GPS time. > > > > But if the GPS module itself gets confused, who knows what'll happen. > Could be fun to watch. > > > > carl > -------------------------------------------------------- > Henry Carl Ott N2RVQ [email protected] <javascript:> > > > > On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 10:05 AM, Jon D. <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Does anyone know how the MOD-SIX_7971 will display this extra second? > > Jon > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/4aa7009f-a8f9-4386-a823-18f69cc27e37%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/4aa7009f-a8f9-4386-a823-18f69cc27e37%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAP_hP_Qs-OxLafX0-njkvhbabRrGxpbPGqqpB6OwDE293mpfTw%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAP_hP_Qs-OxLafX0-njkvhbabRrGxpbPGqqpB6OwDE293mpfTw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAOX%2BRHLVXEcjRjbrWvyN9qMKrZpksonV%2B-UEVQ8%3D7NPSxCdzZw%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAOX%2BRHLVXEcjRjbrWvyN9qMKrZpksonV%2B-UEVQ8%3D7NPSxCdzZw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/ba4dffe8-752c-4f51-bced-6a1556447f18%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
