On 2016-12-01 14:10, Paul Eggert wrote:
Thanks for the heads-up. It looks like this is the last time Google will use a 20-hour linear smear for a leap second; next time Google plans to use a 24-hour linear smear, as that is more popular elsewhere. They are proposing the latter as a standard practice everywhere. See: https://developers.google.com/time/smear
Careful with systems that are subject to any audit, legal or regulatory requirements to discuss with auditors and lawyers; or any interfaces with those systems, especially external systems that may not be smearing. Your bids, nominations, offers, payments, settlements, trades, or other transactions may miss deadlines or schedules - businesses may lose deals and money, people jobs, and civil or criminal sanctions could apply. See http://xkcd.com/1499/ -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada