https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second Time of day adjustments occur on the last second of any day of any month, but so far have only occurred on Dec 31 or Jun 30. You could skip 23:59:59 or add 23:59:60 UTC, simultaneously around the world.
On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2013-06-07, at 08:09, Vernooij, CP - SPLXM wrote: > >> Nicely avoiding DST problems and leaving them to the customer. >> > Indeed. > >> The leapsecond is added after 23:59:59, so before midnight. No confusion >> there. >> > Is it well specified whether the leap second is added after > 23:59:59 UTC or after 23:59:59 local time if the two happen to > differ? I've long wondered at which point I should reset my > watch which I keep on local time. If it had sub-second accuracy. > > Your KLM return address suggests that you might not have to deal > with any difference between UTC and local time. Unless you're a > pilot. > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
