I'm not sure as the news reports I've seen usually talk only about the year being one second longer. Since this is a clock adjustment, it's possible the extra second is not considered part of any minute or hour. There's been serious talk in recent years about doing away with these adjustments - I think they're mainly of interest to astronomers, at least in the short term.
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Devon McCormick <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Fortunately, this is probably a non-issue for most of us because none of > our > > time sources can indicate a leap-second anyway. If you did have to deal > > with it, it's traditionally been inserted at the end of the year. > > Ok, but... does this "leap second" occur outside of > any normal hours and minutes? Or does the last minute > of the last hour of the day last for 61 seconds? > ... > > -- > Raul > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA ^me^ at acm. org is my preferred e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
