[LEAPSECS] W1K GPS rollover for some time servers

[Alex Currant]

The point is that any complication is a potential source of programming errors, and any potential source will eventually lead to problems in predictable and unpredictable ways.   The W1K problem is one example.   Leap seconds are another.  
      From: Steve Allen <sla at ucolick.org>
 To: Leap Second Discussion List <leapsecs at leapsecond.com> 
 Sent: Sunday, May 3, 2015 7:52 PM
 Subject: [LEAPSECS] W1K GPS rollover for some time servers
   
As seen at
http://lists.ntp.org/pipermail/hackers/2015-May/006866.html
and also as experienced at Keck Observatory last night, some models
of GPS time servers just did their firmware's W1K rollover, so those
are saying the date is 1995-09-17.

But the leap second is, inappropriately, getting the blame!

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