[ntpwg] Further to the timestamping issue

[Rob Seaman]

TSG wrote:

> Do you have any idea of the cost of implementing a log management  
> practice that will address multiple Leap Second's being added???

No, and neither do you.

You are also jousting with a windmill.  Nothing would stop Gambis from  
announcing a leap second for December 2011 at the same time as a leap  
second for June 2009.  (Dates chosen randomly.)  Each would be handled  
in sequence whether or not NTP is aware of both at the same time.   
This is precisely a feature of UTC that has been requested.  The  
question is how best would NTP implement it.

> Considering also that Leap Second's are never added such that there  
> would be more than one per month added,

Nice argument against leap hours :-)

> the accidental adding of a leap second (assuming NTP automatically  
> tracks them) could cause billions or trillions of dollars of damage

Somebody who places auditing above all other requirements might want  
to actually characterize the cost/schedule/performance benefits and  
risks of the various alternatives :-)

Rob