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Re:2016 will be one second longer by tspiteri on Friday December 23, 2016 @11:50AM (#13245681)
It is unclear for timezones behind UTC. If you are in UTC+1, the leap second happens at 1 am, so the countdown would be over: no fun here. If on the other hand you are in UTC-1, the leap second happens at 11 pm, so if the countdown clocks are not corrected for the leap second, friends can still be annoyed.
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Re:2016 will be one second longer by suanmeiguo on Friday December 23, 2016 @12:29PM (#13245930)
Either way, your friends will be annoyed..
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Re:2016 will be one second longer by Dylan16807 on Friday December 23, 2016 @03:55PM (#13247186)
What clock is set that precisely, hasn't drifted since being set, and won't pick up the correction by itself?
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Re:2016 will be one second longer by tspiteri on Saturday December 24, 2016 @11:37AM (#13250411)
A GPS watch without a firmware update to handle the latest leap second?
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Re:2016 will be one second longer by Dylan16807 on Saturday December 24, 2016 @02:36PM (#13251285)
GPS announces leap seconds well in advance.
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