[time-nuts] Negative leap second

[Martin Burnicki]

Adam Kumiszcza wrote:
> I've read several articles lately claiming that the Earth is spinning much
> faster since 2020. I didn't see anything definite directly from IERS about
> this, but I was wondering if the systems are ready for a negative leap
> second some time in the future?

At least the German transmitter DCF77 provides no way to even announce a
negative leap second, so I guess most of those receivers would loose
synchronization when a negative leap second occurs, and resynchronize a
few minutes later.

Martin