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Hey, a ‘leap second’ … oh, you missed it

MEDIA RELEASE On Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008 a “leap second” will be added to the world’s clocks at 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).  This corresponds to 6:59:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (or, like, 1 p.m. here in Hawaii), when the extra second will be inserted at the U.S. Naval […]

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