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Leap Smear doesn't mean just ignoring leap seconds. https://developers.google.com/time/smear https://developers.google.com/time/smear
by fomine3 5y ago
Leap Smear doesn't mean just ignoring leap seconds.
https://developers.google.com/time/smear https://developers.google.com/time/smear
- lmm 5y agoNo, 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.