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Leap Second Coming In June, 2012

Science · Earth · 2012-01-05 02:52 · posted by timothy · from the they're-calling-it-a-time-step dept. · 142 comments

Zoxed writes "IERS have just announced a leap second due at midnight, June 30th this year. Are your systems ready?" The last leap second added was at the end of 2008.
Leap Second This Year

Science · Announcements · 2005-07-04 12:58 · posted by timothy · from the seconds-all-taste-the-same dept. · 107 comments

ygslash writes "The IERS has announced today that, after seven years, there will once again be a leap second this year. On December 31, 2005, the time 12:59 will last for 61 seconds."
IERS Announces No Leap Second in June 2005

Science · Science · 2005-01-14 10:06 · posted by michael · from the VCR-clock-still-accurate-as-always dept. · 28 comments

standards writes "The IERS has announced, once again, that there won't be a leap second in June 2005. It has been more than six years since the last leap second."