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Google's NTP servers also feature "leap smear", which skews the clock in order to "smear" a leap second over the course of 24 hours. This means that on days wi

Google's NTP servers also feature "leap smear", which skews the clock in order to "smear" a leap second over the course of 24 hours. This means that on days with a leap second, their servers intentionally return the wrong time, off by up to half a second. This does make lazy IT people's job easier, but makes their "stratum 1" claim even less correct.

toast0 5y ago
> This does make lazy IT people's job easier Depends on how lazy you were. If you use a few servers and they don't agree on leap smearing, your leap second day just got a lot more confusing time wise.