[LEAPSECS] earth speeding up

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <20140415094220442884.d7ec3de2 at comcast.net>, Joseph Gwinn writes:


>This first negative leap second may end civilization - essentially no 

>leap-second handling code is really ready for a step backwards.  Yes, I 

>know the standard says it can go both ways.  But who reads such boring 

>documents anyway?


Negative leapseconds are *much* easier to implemnent that
positive leapseconds:  They just look like the world stopped for
a second, and they leave no timestamp ambiguity.

I know at least three pieces of code that implements it and have
been tested for it.

That said, I'm not sure I fully buy Toms prediction yet, 35 years
isn't that long of a data-set



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