[LEAPSECS] USNO press release

[Paul Hirose]

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http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/tours-events/2016_Leap_Second%20Press%20Release%20-%20Final.pdf

WASHINGTON, DC -- On December 31, 2016, a “leap second” will be added to 
the world’s clocks at 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds Coordinated 
Universal Time (UTC). This corresponds to 6:59:59 pm Eastern Standard 
Time, when the extra second will be inserted at the
U.S. Naval Observatory’s Master Clock Facility in Washington, DC.