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Extra Leap Second To Be Added To Clocks On June 30
hcs_$reboot writes: On June 30 this year, the day will last a tad longer — one second longer, to be precise — as a leap second is to be added to clocks worldwide. The time UTC will go from 23:59:59 to 23:59:60 in order to cope with Earth's rotation slowing down a bit. So, what do you intend to do during that extra second added to that day? Well, you may want to fix your systems. The last time a leap second was added, in 2012, a number of websites, Java and even Linux experienced some troubles. Leap seconds can be disruptive to precision systems used for navigation and communication. Is there a better way of dealing with the need for leap seconds?
"Is there a better way of dealing with the need for leap seconds?"
Sure, use/write software which correctly handles time. Leap seconds with their current, well defined behavior, have been around for over 40 years.
If you have software which assumes a minute is always 60 seconds, an hour is always 60, 60 second minutes, etc., you're doing it wrong.
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Well, i hope DST would be abandoned sooner.
If it's not network connected (ntp or gps), or connected to a properly calibrated atomic clock, it's going to be off by more than a second when the next leap second rolls around, anyway.
If you don't need time accurately sync'd to UTC, you can ignore leap seconds, so what's the problem? And if you do need time sync'd to UTC, you will need some regular external input which can include upcoming leap second info, so what's the problem?
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