[LEAPSECS] Coming of age in the solar system

[Paul Sheer]

> 

> Of course, it would be cheaper for the software folks to never have to

> worry about it again.  That would also make them predictable.

> 


The software industry doesn't know or care about leap seconds.

The whole time issue is universally dealt with using a single
line in all installation manuals:

    "We recommend customers install NTP."

The few specialized applications that need to worry about leap
seconds have long since worked around the problem.

-paul