Leap Second This Year Posted by timothy on Monday July 4, 2005 @12:58PM from the seconds-all-taste-the-same dept. 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."
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Why can't 12:58 be 61 seconds long? Or perhaps shorten :57 by 10 seconds and just make :58 71 seconds long!