On Fri, 2 Aug 2024 07:37:31 GMT, Per Minborg <pminb...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/Date.java line 1015: >> >>> 1013: * {@code 59}), as two decimal digits. >>> 1014: * <li>{@code ss} is the second within the minute ({@code 00} >>> through >>> 1015: * {@code 61}), as two decimal digits. >> >> The doc mentions seconds could be in the range [0, 61]. The normal interval >> should be [0, 59] but maybe there are situations where leap seconds are >> inserted (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second). Historically, only >> one second has been used so I wonder why it says "61"? > >  Indeed, given that a leap second can be theoretically inserted or removed at the end of March, June, September and December, it seems strange to have second 61 as well. ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20439#discussion_r1701664012