[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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