[time-nuts] Leap second coming...

Bill Powell billpow at bellsouth.net
Fri Jun 29 17:55:19 UTC 2012


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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