[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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