[LEAPSECS] Compact encoding of the leap seconds list

[Tony Finch]

Tony Finch <dot at dotat.at> wrote:

> The plain text version is
>
> 6+6+12+12+12+12+12+12+12+18+12+12+24+30+24+12+18+12+12+18+18+18+84+36+42+36+18+5?

I've changed the binary version to optimize for the common case of
positive leap seconds some multiple of 6 months apart, which makes it
possible to fit the list in 15 bytes.

        00111111 12113431 2112229D 5652F4

Details at http://fanf.livejournal.com/148947.html

Tony.
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