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?

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Better way?

[msauve]

"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.