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Re:2016 will be one second longer by andrewstuart2 on Friday December 23, 2016 @11:45AM (#13245649)
Have our timekeeping protocols really accounted for future events like that? It's my understanding that NTP really only synchronizes time periodically.
Re:2016 will be one second longer by lmm on Friday December 23, 2016 @12:04PM (#13245797)
Your phone/computer should (according to the standard) know when the leap second is and apply it. NTP etc. transmit the information about leap seconds well in advance.
Re:2016 will be one second longer by kqr on Friday December 23, 2016 @12:40PM (#13246002)
It is possible your device may not see a leap second, only eventually observe that it is running one second slow, and smear to correct for that.
Re:2016 will be one second longer by detaro on Friday December 23, 2016 @12:12PM (#13245835)
NTP includes flags for "leap second at the end of day", so devices that check NTP time at least once a day get the information. The systems internal list of leap seconds is possibly updated before that through normal system updates.