Leap seconds are irrelevant. Let's say the routine being measured took
86,710 seconds. You would be completely correct in saying it took 1 day, 5
minutes and 10 seconds even if the run happened to span a midnight at which
a leap second was added. The TOD clock is ignorant of leap seconds. They are
solely about keeping the world's civil clocks aligned with solar noon.

Charles

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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2015 6:10 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: STCK question

In <[email protected]>, on 06/12/2015
   at 06:10 PM, J R <[email protected]> said:

>If the highest unit you are working toward is "days", it's actually 
>quite simple to calculate.  That's because you don't have to deal with 
>months and years of differing lengths.

What about leap seconds?

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