[LEAPSECS] Look Before You Leap – The Coming Leap Second and AWS | Hacker News

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

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In message <DCE2E991-A54D-42AF-98F8-2D5087FBFB9E at leapsecond.com>, Tom Van Baak writes:


>https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/look-before-you-leap-the-coming-leap-second-and-aws/

So already here the trouble starts:  Google uses a smooth curve for their clock-smearing
and Amazon uses a piecewise linear curve.

I can see reasons for both choices, but I'd probably go with Googles
to avoid the sharp corners.


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