I’m always excited when a copy of Bulletin C trundles into my mail box, twice a year.
Unfortunately, recently it has always said that there will be no new leap second.
But today it didn’t! A leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2012: 2012-06-30 23:59:59 UTC will be followed by 2012-06-30 23:59:60 UTC.
So remember to set your clocks appropriately :)
Whoohoo!
At "long last"[*], there'll be a leap second again this year at the end of December, according to the email I just received!
So 2008-12-31T23:59:59 (UTC) will be followed by 2008-12-31T23:59:60.
Go and spread the word!
...I'm such a geek.
[*] Leap seconds have historically come roughly every 18 months, but it's been three years since the last one, and the last one before that was seven years earlier. (They don't come regularly since they depend on the earth's rotation speed, which is a bit irregular and hard to predict much in advance.)
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