Re: U.S. Naval Observatory to Add Leap Second to Clocks (Forwarded)

JRS: In article <Pine.LNX.4.44.0512240917330.30060-100000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
oronto.ca>, dated Sat, 24 Dec 2005 09:18:03 local, seen in
news:sci.space.news, Andrew Yee <ayee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> posted :
>
>U.S. Naval Observatory to Add Leap Second to Clocks
>
>On December 31, 2005 a "leap second" will be added to the world's clocks
>at 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).


Why is USNO adding the Leap Second one second early?

The international Leap Second will be at 23:59:60 UTC, one second later
than stated by USNO.

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