[OmniOS-discuss] ntpd -x steps clock on leap second

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Mon, 29 Jun 2015, Dan McDonald wrote:
>
> I was hoping p3 would be past the RC stage and actually be *released*.  Given how close we are to the leap second, however, I may not be able to do that.
>
> Watch this list for an announcement of when I update NTP.  I still hope sometime today p3 will jump from RC to Released.

What harm might be caused if ntpd misses the leap second?  It is my 
understanding that the Illumos kernel does not make any provision for 
leap seconds.  Only applications with timers based on absolute time 
should care.

Bob
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