On Tue 2012/01/24 18:14:26 PDT, Warner Losh wrote in a message to: Leap Second Discussion List <leapsecs@leapsecond.com>
>> TF460-6 specifies that time during a leap second be represented as, >> for example, 23:59:60.7, which suggests to me that the second hand >> should move past 60 to "61". > >But then it would be in the wrong minute. True - if you took a photo of the clock at 23:59:60.7 then you wouldn't be able to decide from that alone that the time wasn't 00:00:00.7 (assuming that the minutes and hour hand also move smoothly). So you'd have to be watching the clock at the time the leap second occurred. Regards, Mark _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
