Tom Van Baak wrote: > Time to mention this again... > > If we adopted the LSEM (Leap Second Every Month) model then none of > this would be a problem. The idea is not to decide *if* there will be > leap second, but to force every month to have a leap second. The IERS > decision is then what the *sign* of the leap second should be this > month.
Although this approach sound good, it would cause major problems for users of the German longwave transmitter DCF-77. The data format only has a "leap second pending flag", which means a leap second is to be inserted. AFAIK there is no spec to announce a negative leap second via DCF-77. Martin _______________________________________________ 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.
