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Leaping seconds and looping servers

Leaping seconds and looping servers

Posted Jul 8, 2012 10:45 UTC (Sun) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
In reply to: Leaping seconds and looping servers by lab
Parent article: Leaping seconds and looping servers

Couple of amusing typos in that.

"Some systems have resorted to slowing down the clock by 1/3600th for the last hour before the leap second, hoping that nobody notices that seconds suddenly are 277 microseconds long."

I think that might be noticed! Seconds being 277 microseconds longer, though, is less likely to be noticed except by people who really care.


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