Re: IERS ponders reverse leapsecond...

[Harlan Stenn <stenn () nwtime org>]

On 8/3/2022 8:09 AM, Jay Ashworth wrote:
> General press loses its *mind*:
>
> https://www.cbsnews.com/news/earth-spinning-faster-than-usual-shortest-day-ever/#app 
> <https://www.cbsnews.com/news/earth-spinning-faster-than-usual-shortest-day-ever/#app>
>
> Have you tested leap second handling, especially in reverse? How do you 
> simulate it? Are there existing test harnesses for simulating it?

It's somewhere between trivial and straightforward to test 
forward/reverse leap seconds with an NTP server and a (dedicated) client.

> Cheers,
> -- jra
> --
> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

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