Subject: Re: Trying to use AUTHOR_DATE

From: "H. Peter Anvin" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 16:32:49 -0700

Krzysztof Halasa wrote:
> "H. Peter Anvin" <[email-masked]> writes:
> 
> 
>>It is, but you can't assume you don't have that.
> 
> 
> Yes, if you use NTP time (directly - not the system time) you can get
> second=60 (and, in theory, even 61 - not to be expected soon).
> 

No.  You cannot get 61.  You can, however, get jumps from 58 to 00.

> 
>> Either way, you just
>>treat it the same as the following second.
> 
> Sure, that's the safe way.