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> From: "Oscar Kagezi" <[email protected]> > Subject: [i-network] leap second insertion > Date: June 29, 2012 7:44:27 AM GMT+03:00 > To: "I-Network Uganda" <[email protected]> > Reply-To: "I-Network Uganda" <[email protected]> > > Dear all, > > On June 30, 2012, in the second immediately following 23:59:59 UTC , a leap > second will be inserted. > > This will happen simultaneously worldwide. > > A leap second is a one−second adjustment that is occasionally applied to > Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) in order to keep its time of day close to > the mean solar time. > > For further details about this event, please refer to the following Wikipedia > article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second. > > > The irregularity and unpredictability of UTC leap seconds is problematic for > several areas, especially computing > > Regards, > > Oscar > > Read the mailing list rules - > http://www.i-network.or.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=189&Itemid=193 > Visit the I-Network website - www.i-network.or.ug > Follow I-Network on Twitter: http://twitter.com/inetwork > The I-Network Dgroup is a platform for ICT Knowledge Sharing > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit [web site]( http://dgroups.org/iicd/i-network/ ) > Click [here]( mailto:[email protected] ) to unsubscribe > The email is intended only for the recipients. The owners of the Dgroups > cannot be held responsible for the contents of the email message. > > > > > You are receiving this message because you are a member of the community > I-Network Uganda. > > A reply to this message will be sent to all members of I-Network Uganda. > > Reply to sender | Unsubscribe > -- Acta Virum Probant --
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