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Re: Leap second today
From: Bill B
Date: 2012 Jun 30, 16:33 -0400
From: Bill B
Date: 2012 Jun 30, 16:33 -0400
On 6/30/2012 2:13 PM, Lu Abel wrote: > Or folks can go to www.time.gov to watch the clock. I've done it for a > past leap second and the NIST clock does indeed show the sequence > (especially the 7:59:60) Frank describes. > > I suspect my atomic clock that synchronizes to WWVB will not show the > sequence, but simply reset itself, but Frank has be curious. 5PM for > us West Coasters. I do plan to video the NIST computer clock at 8 PM EDT as well as listen to the ticks (new UTC to UT1 double clicks). As my RCC attempts to sync at midnight mountain time--2 AM EDT-- I imagine the NIST broadcast time and time displayed by my RCC will be out of sync (past the regular drift) for four hours. I will video the 2:00 reset as well to see if the RCC does a 02:59:60, 02:00:00 reset. My real concern is whether I will be sluggish and disoriented (more than usual) the day after due to the time change ;-) Bill B
