On 16 July 2011 03:01, Poul-Henning Kamp <[email protected]> wrote: > In message > <cactjvny8h2ethr_m6dquxhabhjb9nfgyauhjcn1bf-umh+k...@mail.gmail.com> > , Steve Rooke writes: > >>Ah! I get you. Not 10 leap seconds at 20 year intervals, just an >>almanac to indicate when they will be for up to 20 years in advance. I >>guess that means they could take a bye for any scheduled event that is >>not required, as in the 7 year period without one. > > Nope, once they have scheduled a leap-second, it happens.
And if it's not needed? Steve > -- > Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 > [email protected] | TCP/IP since RFC 956 > FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once. - Einstein _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
