[time-nuts] Leap second coming...

Jean-Louis Oneto Jean-Louis.Oneto at obs-azur.fr
Fri Jun 29 18:30:02 UTC 2012


Well, it would be funny to add 1/24th of a second at 00:00 TL in each of 
the timezones, but I'm afraid that would tear apart the Earth rotation ?


Le 29/06/2012 18:06, Bill Powell a écrit :
> I'm guessing it's just added at one instant - to UTC.
>
> Regards,
> Bill
>
>
> On Jun 29, 2012, at 1:55 PM, Bill Powell <billpow at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>> 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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