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Re: What happened to the leap second?
From: David C
Date: 2016 Dec 31, 19:18 -0800
From: David C
Date: 2016 Dec 31, 19:18 -0800
Is it midnight local time, or midnight UT/Greenwich time?
The following is from a local NZ news site.
A bonus second will be added to the world's atomic clocks taking effect at midnight on New Year's Eve, co-ordinated universal time.
There will be 61 seconds in the minute leading up to midnight on December 31 UTC - so that is just before 1pm on New Year's Day in our time zone.
The reporters on this site have a reputation for not understanding what they are reporting on so I will dig around for an official NZ site.
I am certain that my second recording was at midnight Dec 31st UTC.
