On 02/11/2012 07:40 PM, Tom Van Baak wrote:
I was hoping that they would add it at some week rollover point or at
the first of the month, etc. But it appears to just be random or
whenever they get around to it.
Leap seconds are always applied at the end of the UTC day of the
last day of the month specified. So the next one will occur on July 1
for most of the people in the world and early evening of June 30 for
those of us in the USA.
When leap seconds are calculated and formally announced is sort
of arbitrary and erratic, not unlike how the earth itself rotates. It's
not a problem really. No software should care or depend on some
precise date of announcement.
I think he was talking about the time to upload the announcement of the
upcoming leap second. Doing it when they get around to it seems just
fine, it is done well in advance anyway.
Cheers,
Magnus
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