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Re:A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of J... by scott_karana on Monday January 05, 2015 @02:17PM (#8840550)
I think TAI is continuous, unlike UTC, so you can continue auto-incrementing timers without leap seconds and breakages, and just apply the leap-second to rendered time, not accounted time.
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