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From: Mills@UDEL.EDU
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Subject: Re:  Of interest to time freaks
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Date: 24 Dec 89 20:24:51 GMT
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John,

Well, we are having a wonderful time on the Network Time Protocol jabber
list (ntp@trantor.umd.edu) exploring the causes, effects and defenses
of leap seconds, all fifteen of them come next year. For a mind-numbing
expose of timescales, leaps and wiggles as relevant to a computer clock
near you, see the file pub/ntp/leap.txt on louie.udel.edu. For those
clocks chiming NTP, something over 2000 so far, be advised the primary
NTP servers should leap precisely on cue; however, what your time-conversion
routines do during second 23:59:60 UT on 31 December 1989 may be anybody's
guess. The more extreme of us clockerfolk have a contest going.

Dave