Re: F-ckin Leap Seconds, how do they work?

[Roy <r.engehausen () gmail com>]

On 7/4/2012 10:06 PM, Peter Kristolaitis wrote:
> On 7/5/2012 12:47 AM, Roy wrote:
> > Rather than discussing the pros and cons of UTC and leap seconds, 
> > just create your own time system.
> >
> > You could call it OpenTime.  OpenTime will use NTP servers where the 
> > Stratum 1 servers are synced to some time standard that doesn't care 
> > about leap seconds.  That way the consumer can chose to connect his 
> > machines to UTC or OpenTime.
>
> Oblig:  http://xkcd.com/927/
>
> - Pete

Right on!