Re: [LEAPSECS] happy anniversary pips

2014-02-13 Thread Brooks Harris
On 2014-02-12 03:53 PM, Richard Clark wrote: Back in the 1974 oil crisis the US made an 'emergency' change to its DST schedual. I don't recall the legal mechanism used. It was likely an executive order from the President. Is was an act of Congress - the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy

Re: [LEAPSECS] happy anniversary pips

2014-02-13 Thread Brooks Harris
On 2014-02-12 01:46 PM, Warner Losh wrote: Other systems are less open, and sweep this data under the rug is also a valid conclusion. There's no mystery how Windows handles Leap Seconds - it doesn't. Its off by the Leap Second until it re-syncs to NTP. How the Windows Time service treats a