[LEAPSECS] Schedule for success

[Tony Finch]

On Wed, 31 Dec 2008, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

>

> Emperical evidence show that this is indeed the case, and the

> fact that even national time laboratories screw up, underscores

> this fact: http://phk.freebsd.dk/Leap/20051231_HBG/


It's hardly surprising that leap seconds are never handled correctly when
all time dissemmination systems have to be manually configured each time.
The lack of automation is a recipe for mistakes, but leap seconds can't be
automated because they don't occur on a predictable schedule.

Tony.
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SHANNON ROCKALL MALIN HEBRIDES BAILEY: SOUTHEAST 5 OR 6, BUT OCCASIONALLY 7 AT
FIRST IN SHANNON AND BAILEY, DECREASING 4 OR 5 LATER IN HEBRIDES. ROUGH BUT
VERY ROUGH AT FIRST IN WEST, BECOMING MODERATE IN EAST. MAINLY FAIR, BUT RAIN
AT FIRST IN SHANNON. MODERATE OR GOOD.