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.