On May 6, 4:33 pm, John Hasler <[email protected]> wrote: > Leap secondscould be handled the same way DST is. You just structure your > zonefile such that the 15 seconds becomes 16 after the effective date of > the leap second.
If this proves tractable it would be an invaluable example for the member delegations to ITU-R WP7A as they discuss how to overcome the political impasse which has prevented progress toward deciding the future of the broadcast time scale. It might prompt one of the member nations to make a formal proposal akin to the notions I have outlined http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/leapsecs/epochtime.html http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/leapsecs/deltat.html It is particularly relevant in the UK where there is an upcoming mandate for all-digital radio transmissions. After that transition the BBC's six pips will always be buffered, so it will not be possible to use them to set a timepiece manually. The only reliable means for manual setting would become to listen to shortwave time signals. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
