Re: [LEAPSECS] Schreiver AFB warns about leapsec

From: Tom Van Baak <tvb_at_LEAPSECOND.COM>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 08:42:58 -0800

Thanks for the link. I see the reference to it is on their
main page:

https://www.schriever.af.mil/GpsSupportCenter/advisories.htm

Also note the leap second photos they used in the power
point presentation came from:

How to Watch a Leap Second
http://www.leapsecond.com/notes/leap-watch.htm

/tvb
http://www.LeapSecond.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk_at_PHK.FREEBSD.DK>
To: <LEAPSECS_at_ROM.USNO.NAVY.MIL>
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 00:30
Subject: [LEAPSECS] Schreiver AFB warns about leapsec


> There is an interesting PowerPoint (sigh...) at Schriever AFB's GPS
> support center:
>
>
https://www.schriever.af.mil/GpsSupportCenter/archive/advisory/Leap_Second_E
vent.ppt
>
> Amongst the nuggets:
>
> Large error makes data unusable for some applications
> Eglin radar missed the leap second in 1998
> Thousands of observations had to be discarded
> Problem was also evident at Clear
>
>
> However, host system software receiving the 23:59:60 time hack may
> not know what to do. System dependent response.
>
>
> They clearly know what the problem with leap seconds is :-)
>
> --
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incompetence.
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