# Network Time Protocol Leap Smear REFID

**URL:** <https://community.nwtime.org/t/network-time-protocol-leap-smear-refid/336>\
**Category:** Documentation\
**Created:** [February 12, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.nwtime.org/t/network-time-protocol-leap-smear-refid/336 "2026-02-12T15:53:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dru](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.nwtime.org/dru/32/337_2.png) [@Dru](https://community.nwtime.org/u/Dru)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.nwtime.org/t/network-time-protocol-leap-smear-refid/336/1 "2026-02-12T15:53:34Z")

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> **[Network Time Protocol Leap Smear REFID](https://www.ntp.org/documentation/ietf/ntp-leap-smear-refid/)**
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> This proposal offers a mechanism that provides a simple and clean method for NTP clients to trivially ask for leap-smeared time and detect a server that is offering leap-smeared time.