[LEAPSECS] Future Leap Seconds

[Steve Allen]

On Tue 2015-01-27T22:47:48 -0500, Tim Shepard hath writ:
> Why does such a system need to know what time it is UTC?

For some devices I would expect it is because of statutory or
regulatory requirements which require that it should do so.

Not everyone feels able to take the course of GPS, Galileo, IEEE 1588,
BeiDou, and IRNSS and 'Just Say No' to UTC.

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