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Re: Leap second today
From: Bill B
Date: 2012 Jun 30, 16:48 -0400
From: Bill B
Date: 2012 Jun 30, 16:48 -0400
On 6/30/2012 4:39 PM, Greg Rudzinski wrote: > I'm guessing that the NA is wrong but by only 0.5 seconds. No adjustment > needed since increments are to the second. My answer, the NA is corrected with an adjustment by the user. The NA does not attempt to predict the inclusion of a leap second in any year's addition. Instead, under "2. Principle." in the explanation section it tells you how to adjust for the difference between UTC and UT1. Bill B