Jc3s5h added a comment. I would add that the question of whether, in the future, the transition from one day to the next should be determined by the rotation of the earth, or by atomic clocks which disregard the earth's rotation, will be the subject of (according to Rachel Courtland <http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/networks/leap-second-heads-into-fierce-debate>) a "fierce debate" at the World Radiocommunication Conference in November. Treating an international organization's standard as atomic-based when it is really rotation-based becomes more serious during a time when a "fierce debate" is raging.
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