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| author | Sanjeev Gupta <ghane0@gmail.com> | 2013-11-28 23:43:49 +0800 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2013-11-28 17:14:12 -0500 |
| commit | 0456c0e5a383e3f25b7a6b3a4b73fb0f50116963 (patch) | |
| tree | 1bd284a741839195ba717900a51bca10ff2d0135 /leapsecond.py | |
| parent | e4e83b53e549845aef15d268090620440de9d29a (diff) | |
| download | gpsd-0456c0e5a383e3f25b7a6b3a4b73fb0f50116963.tar.gz | |
Write a lengthy sidebar on why leap seconds exist
I am not sure where this should be, but I do not
think this documentation is of direct use to users. Hence
I am adding it to timebase.c , for developers.
Signed-off-by: Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
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diff --git a/leapsecond.py b/leapsecond.py index 07162bce..81b0fabf 100755 --- a/leapsecond.py +++ b/leapsecond.py @@ -330,6 +330,8 @@ def leapbound(year, month): "Return a leap-second date in RFC822 form." # USNO lists JAN and JUL (month following the leap second). # IERS lists DEC. and JUN. (month preceding the leap second). + # Note: It is also possible for leap seconds to occur in end-Mar and end-Sep + # although none have occurred yet if month.upper()[:3] == "JAN": tv = "%s-12-31T23:59:60" % (int(year)-1) elif month.upper()[:3] in ("JUN", "JUL"): |