In a recent note, Lindy Mayfield said:
> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:53:10 +0200
>
> Very good point, Paul, thanks. That happened to creep in because I copied
> the code from an ISPF application...
>
Your ISPF application or IBM's?
> I've never heard of leap seconds! Leap years, but not leap seconds. Is this
> something with time zones in Australia?
>
Yah. It's because of all them kangaroos leaping about.
File that you are currently viewing
Linkname: NIST Time and Frequency FAQ
URL: http://tf.nist.gov/general/leaps.htm
Link that you currently have selected
Linkname: What is a leap second?
URL: http://tf.nist.gov/general/leaps.htm#Anchor-52904
IBM took an APAR for me because IEBCOPY was failing to account for
leap seconds. They DTRT and changed STCK to TIME macro.
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