> From: Paul WALL <pauldotw...@gmail.com> > Subject: F-ckin Leap Seconds, how do they work? > > Comments?
Addressing the Subject question, _as_asked_ -- "Very well". *SNORT* Mechanically, instead of rolling over from second #59 to second #0 of the next minute, it goes 59->60->0. The 'why' is to keep terrestrial clocks in sync with celestial references.