Tapio,
The leap bits are set when the timing source, either modem, radio or
server, set them. However, they are provided to the kernel only on the
day of the leap.
Dave
Tapio Sokura wrote:
There has been some discussion on the NTP pool mailing list about leap
bits, specifically when to set them. Reading RFCs 1305 and 2030 leads me
to believe that the correct behavior is to set the leap bit not earlier
than 24 hours before the actual leap second occurs. I.e. the bit should
be set on Dec 31st sometime after 00:00:00 UTC and cleared immediately
after the leap second is over.
If the above is the correct way to time it, there seems to be a number
of NTP servers that are out of spec as they already have the leap bit
set. Can someone who knows the protocol and its history better shed some
light on this? Have the leap bits been set more than 24h before the leap
second insertion in previous years, when leap seconds have been inserted?
I just did a quick poll (Dec 22nd around 08:00 UTC) on the startum one
and two time servers listed at the NTP wiki. Of 112 startum one servers
that responded, 7 had the leap bit set and 2 reported clock
unsynchronized. Of the 173 startum two servers that responded, 36 had
the leap bit set.
Tapio
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