[time-nuts] Leap second coming...
Bill Powell
billpow at bellsouth.net
Fri Jun 29 18:06:05 UTC 2012
I'm guessing it's just added at one instant - to UTC.
Regards,
Bill
On Jun 29, 2012, at 1:55 PM, Bill Powell <billpow at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Does the leapsecond get added just once (GMT time zone) or does it happen in a staggered fashion at the same hh:mm:ss within each timezone?
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
>
>
> On Jun 29, 2012, at 10:54 AM, Mike S <mikes at flatsurface.com> wrote:
>
>> On 6/29/2012 2:46 AM, Hal Murray wrote:
>>> That's Friday, the 29th. The leap second doesn't happen until Sat, 30th.
>>>
>>> I think 23:59:59 UTC is 16:59:59 PST. UTC is 7 hours earlier than PST.
>>
>> For a time-nuts list, there sure seems to be a lot of confusion. He was off a day, you're off an hour.
>>
>> 23:59:59 UTC is 15:59:59 PST
>> 23:59:59 UTC is 16:59:59 PDT (which I assume most wall clocks are set to)
>>
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