From: "James Wilkinson Sword" 
Subject: Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year
 
On Sat, 24 Dec 2016 03:44:36 -0000, Char Jackson  wrote:
 
> On Fri, 23 Dec 2016 19:57:25 -0500, Jason  wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 22 Dec 2016 17:40:35 -0500 "Jonathan N. Little"
>>  wrote in article 
>>> Neat idea. Although most services can handle a 1-second blip.
>>>
>>
>> Google reported that there is some kind of lock required with multiple
>> servers that can't handle the sudden 1-second change. That's what
>> motivated them to adopt the smearing scheme.
>
> For the networking gear that has an issue dealing with leap seconds,
> it's not the leap second itself that causes problems. It's the *notice*
> that a leap second is coming. Certain NTP clients totally choke when
> they get that flag. It doesn't seem like it would be a big deal, but
> it's a big deal, indeed. That's why leap smearing avoids the problem.
> With smearing, there's no flag.
 
Can you explain exactly why they get upset?
 
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