There is an interesting PowerPoint (sigh...) at Schriever AFB's GPS
support center:
https://www.schriever.af.mil/GpsSupportCenter/archive/advisory/Leap_Second_Event.ppt
Amongst the nuggets:
Large error makes data unusable for some applications
Eglin radar missed the leap second in 1998
Thousands of observations had to be discarded
Problem was also evident at Clear
However, host system software receiving the 23:59:60 time hack may
not know what to do. System dependent response.
They clearly know what the problem with leap seconds is :-)
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Received on Tue Dec 20 2005 - 00:40:59 PST