Solved: May I know which time zone it

RAMEEZ RAHIM · ‎06-10-2015

Can we change the NTP server to a in-existent IP or block the reachability to NTP server to workaround the below Bug.

Upgrade or a Planned Reboot doesn't seem feasible. Kindly suggest

Update timezone data to include addition Leap Second introduced on 30-Ju

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Symptom:
There are periodic leap second events which can add or delete a second to global time.
When the leap second update occurs system may hang since operation system won't understand "60" seconds (normally clock goes from "59" second to "00" second).

Conditions:
The leap second update will be propagated via Network Time Protocol (NTP).

Workaround:
Option #1: An upgrade is required.
Option #2: Shutdown the system prior to leap second occurs and start up after this event bypass the leap second event.

Further Problem Description:
Fix in X8.5.2 code.

Wayne DeNardi · ‎06-10-2015

It's only going to be a problem on your device if it happens to query the NTP server at the exact time that it responds with "60" as the seconds... a second before, or a second later, and it'll be alright, so I'd think you'd need to be pretty unlucky to hit this bug.

But, yes, you could assign the VCS a non-existant, or unreachable NTP server over that time period, in which case it then won't query anything to get the "60" second time, then return it to normal operation afterwards.

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Wayne DeNardi · ‎06-10-2015

It's only going to be a problem on your device if it happens to query the NTP server at the exact time that it responds with "60" as the seconds... a second before, or a second later, and it'll be alright, so I'd think you'd need to be pretty unlucky to hit this bug.

But, yes, you could assign the VCS a non-existant, or unreachable NTP server over that time period, in which case it then won't query anything to get the "60" second time, then return it to normal operation afterwards.

Wayne
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Wee Teck Ng · ‎06-29-2015

May I know which time zone it is affecting or it is affects the local time zone?

i.e GMT will affects at their 23:59:59 but GMT+8 time zone will be affected 8 hours later.

Wayne DeNardi · ‎06-29-2015

The official answer is that it happens when the UTC time clock changes - so there will be that one second after 23:59:59 where the clock reads 23:59:60 before going to 0:00:00.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second

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