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Re: F-ckin Leap Seconds, how do they work?
From: Robert Bonomi <bonomi () mail r-bonomi com>
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2012 21:13:10 -0500 (CDT)
From: Paul WALL <pauldotwall () gmail com> Subject: F-ckin Leap Seconds, how do they work? Comments?
Addressing the Subject question, _as_asked_ -- "Very well". *SNORT* Mechanically, instead of rolling over from second #59 to second #0 of the next minute, it goes 59->60->0. The 'why' is to keep terrestrial clocks in sync with celestial references.
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