Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 23:08:16 +0200 From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_tc.c Message-ID: <xzpfzlw7dj3.fsf@dwp.des.no> In-Reply-To: <200306252123.h5PLNpgC044447@repoman.freebsd.org> (Warner Losh's message of "Wed, 25 Jun 2003 14:23:51 -0700 (PDT)") References: <200306252123.h5PLNpgC044447@repoman.freebsd.org>
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Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> writes: > There will very likely be no leap seconds for a while, given how the > earth is speeding up and slowing down, so there will be plenty of time > for this fix to propigate. UT1-UTC is currently at "about -0.4s" and > decrementing by .1s every 8 months or so. 6 * 8 is 48 months, or 4 > years. Not necessarily; UT1-UTC is required to be within +/- 0.9s, so a leap second might be introduced early to avoid crossing the -0.9s barrier. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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