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fomine3
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Gpsd bug may create a 1024 week time warp on Octob...
Leap Smear doesn't mean just ignoring leap seconds.
https://developers.google.com/time/smear
lmm
on Aug 3, 2021
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No, but it has most of the same advantages and disadvantages as just ignoring them. I would bet that the only reason they apply a smear rather than just ignoring the leap second entirely is to keep their clocks in sync with the outside world.
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