doc: improve leapsectz description

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Miroslav Lichvar 2017-10-12 13:14:25 +02:00
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@ -872,6 +872,11 @@ It is also useful when the system clock is required to have correct TAI-UTC
offset. Note that the offset is set only when leap seconds are handled by the
kernel, i.e. <<leapsecmode,*leapsecmode*>> is set to *system*.
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The specified timezone is not used as an exclusive source of information about
leap seconds. If a majority of time sources announce on the last day of June or
December that a leap second should be inserted or deleted, it will be accepted
it even if it is not included in the timezone.
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An example of the directive is:
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