From: "James Wilkinson Sword"    
   Subject: Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year   
       
   On Sat, 24 Dec 2016 03:44:36 -0000, Char Jackson  wrote:   
       
   > On Fri, 23 Dec 2016 19:57:25 -0500, Jason  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Thu, 22 Dec 2016 17:40:35 -0500 "Jonathan N. Little"   
   >>  wrote in article    
   >>> Neat idea. Although most services can handle a 1-second blip.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Google reported that there is some kind of lock required with multiple   
   >> servers that can't handle the sudden 1-second change. That's what   
   >> motivated them to adopt the smearing scheme.   
   >   
   > For the networking gear that has an issue dealing with leap seconds,   
   > it's not the leap second itself that causes problems. It's the *notice*   
   > that a leap second is coming. Certain NTP clients totally choke when   
   > they get that flag. It doesn't seem like it would be a big deal, but   
   > it's a big deal, indeed. That's why leap smearing avoids the problem.   
   > With smearing, there's no flag.   
       
   Can you explain exactly why they get upset?   
       
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