[LEAPSECS] LOD reaches 0 s/d

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Thu Nov 12 18:45:52 EST 2020


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>     predicts that d(UT2)/d(TAI) = 1 after 2021-11-13, ie
>     the rates of UTT2 and TAI are expected to agree for the
>     next year. This has never happened since 1961. We may
>     not need to abolish leap seconds for quite a while.

Unless of course we get close enough to a negative one, that people
are *really* going to freak out.

Hands in the air:  Who here besides Warner and me has ever tried to
test handling of negative leap-seconds ?

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