[tz] Positive leap second on 2015-06-30.

Denis Excoffier iana at Denis-Excoffier.org
Wed Jan 7 21:40:40 UTC 2015


On 2015-01-06 21:22, Tim Parenti wrote:

> +#	Some systems implement leap seconds by amortizing the leap second
> +#	over the last few minutes of the day. The frequency of the local
> +#	clock is decreased (or increased) to realize the positive (or
> +#	negative) leap second. This method removes the time step described
> +#	above. Although the long-term behavior of the time scale is correct 
> +#	in this case, this method introduces an error during the adjustment 
> +#	period both in time and in frequency with respect to the official 
> +#	defintion of UTC.

s/defintion/definition/

Regards,

Denis Excoffier.


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