In message: <4955f456.8000...@rubidium.dyndns.org> Magnus Danielson <mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org> writes: : Michael Baker skrev: : > Hello, Time-Nutters-- : > : > I must have missed something... I have known about : > the coming leap-second for months, but have not heard : > when it was going to be inserted. : > : > When will the leap-second take place? : : A leap-second can be inserted or removed at the end of the last minute : of a month in UTC. : : Normal transition: : 23:59:58 : 23:59:59 : 00:00:00 : : Adding a leap second: : 23:59:58 : 23:59:59 : 23:59:60 : 00:00:00 : : Removing a leap second: : 23:59:58 : 00:00:00 : : The first preference on which month to insert them is first to the June : and December. : : The second preference is on Mars and September.
I assume you mean 'May' here. The standard additionally allows for leap seconds at the end of any month. However, there's a lot of software out there that will be dodgy for the Secondary times, and not work at all for the others. : You naturally need to convert to your local time zone to get a little : more aid on when it happens, but for Florida it will occur at 18:00 : (UTC-6h) on Wednesday where as for me it will occur at 1:00 (UTC+1h) on : Thursday. : : > Will it hurt? : : No. : : > Am I going to need a band-aid? : : No. : : > Or just another rum-laced egg-nog...?? : : Yes. Sounds like a good idea. But don't drink it all during the : leap-second, that would be a waste of perfectly good egg-nog. : : Cheers, : Magnus : : _______________________________________________ : time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com : To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts : and follow the instructions there. : : _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.