On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 3:27 PM, Michael Hennebry <hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu> wrote: > Unix and ntp handle leap seconds a bit differently. > Unix time increases during the leap second and drops back a second after. > Ntp freezes time during the leap second. > OS kernels may do either or neither. Does anyone have a succinct summary of how to prove to management-types that a given linux box won't have a problem with the leap second? Like kernel > some_version, tzdata > some_version, tzdata-java > some_version? -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com