[LEAPSECS] 2008-12-31T23:59:60Z

Jonathan E. Hardis jhardis at tcs.wap.org
Wed Dec 24 14:55:15 EST 2008



>For the leap second on WWV/WWVH you will "hear" two omitted ticks

>instead of one at the 59th/60th seconds. Feel free to check out

>www.time.gov for the leap second also - it should show the 23:59:60.


...but only if you push the tiny "UTC" button.

If you do the obvious thing and click on the graphic to set your time
zone, it will show xx:59:60 appropriate to the time zone, e.g.,
18:59:60 on the East Coast and 15:59:60 on the West Coast.

- Jonathan


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