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Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year

From Kaz Kylheku <221-501-9011@kylheku.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c, comp.programming
Subject Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year
Date 2016-12-30 23:26 +0000
Organization Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID <20161230152259.382@kylheku.com> (permalink)
References <o3gl85$j26$1@dont-email.me> <zKW6A.231838$Uz2.141850@fx29.iad> <mstorkamp-D7E8B5.08341023122016@88-209-239-213.giganet.hu> <o46190$pgl$4@dont-email.me> <msmd6chqmd56ct64c5ac85ov2f74kcpj78@4ax.com>

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On 2016-12-30, Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 11:17:59 -0500, Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net>
> wrote:
>
>>On 12/23/2016 9:34 AM, Mark Storkamp wrote:
>>[...]
>>> Your computers clock doesn't know anything about the leap second, so it
>>> will tick over at midnight New Years just as it does every other night.
>>> When it next connects to a time server it will simply update itself to
>>> the correct time as it always does. However, the official NIST clocks
>>> will, as I understand it, go to 23:59:60.
>>>
>>> I guess if you live in the GMT time zone, you'll need to throw an extra
>>> '1' into the countdown before cheering and throwing streamers.
>>
>>Just "be a programmer" and count to zero rather than 1:
>>
>>    10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, Happy New Year!
>
>
> That should be 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, Happy New Year!
>
> Or perhaps, 1001, 1000, 111, 110, 101, 100, 11, 10, 1, 0, Happy New
> Year!

Digital designer: 100, 101, 111, 110, 010, 011, 001, assert HNY.

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'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2016-12-22 21:43 +0800
  Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2016-12-22 05:48 -0800
    Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2016-12-22 22:09 +0800
    Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Krzysztof Mitko <invalid@kmitko.at.list.dot.pl> - 2016-12-24 13:47 +0100
      Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2016-12-24 05:39 -0800
  Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2016-12-22 14:31 -0600
    Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Mark Storkamp <mstorkamp@yahoo.com> - 2016-12-23 08:34 -0600
      Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year "J-P. Rosen" <rosen@adalog.fr> - 2016-12-23 16:55 +0100
      Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2016-12-30 11:17 -0500
        Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-12-30 09:38 -0800
          Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year hah <hah@no.email.stupid.invalid> - 2016-12-30 15:59 -0600
        Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2016-12-30 15:47 -0600
        Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> - 2016-12-30 15:14 -0700
          Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Kaz Kylheku <221-501-9011@kylheku.com> - 2016-12-30 23:26 +0000
    Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-01-03 20:46 -0500
  Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Jason <jason_warren@ieee.DELETE.org> - 2016-12-22 17:14 -0500
    Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-22 14:38 -0800
    Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@gmail.com> - 2016-12-22 17:40 -0500
      Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Jason <jason_warren@ieee.org> - 2016-12-23 19:57 -0500
        Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2016-12-23 21:44 -0600
          Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2016-12-31 23:42 +0000
    Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2016-12-30 11:16 -0500
      Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2016-12-30 15:58 -0600
        Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-12-30 14:37 -0800
          Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2016-12-30 19:16 -0600
            Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-12-30 17:48 -0800
              Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2016-12-31 10:08 +0000
              Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2016-12-31 14:20 -0600
              Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2016-12-31 14:34 -0600
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com> - 2016-12-31 16:45 -0500
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> - 2016-12-31 16:34 -0700
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-31 17:15 -0800
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com> - 2016-12-31 20:52 -0500
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-01 12:22 +0000
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2017-01-01 15:47 -0600
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-12-31 13:59 -0800
              Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com> - 2017-01-01 13:46 -0500
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2017-01-01 16:12 -0600
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com> - 2017-01-01 19:44 -0500
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com> - 2017-01-01 22:31 -0500
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> - 2017-01-02 11:23 -0700
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2017-01-02 19:03 -0600
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Mark Storkamp <mstorkamp@yahoo.com> - 2017-01-02 13:46 -0600
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-01-02 14:55 -0500
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2017-01-02 20:00 +0000
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Sam E <why.should.this@be.email.invalid> - 2017-01-02 19:07 -0600
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2017-01-03 06:45 +0000
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-01-03 09:42 -0500
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                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> - 2017-01-03 14:25 -0500
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-01-03 17:34 -0500
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Mark Storkamp <mstorkamp@yahoo.com> - 2017-01-02 14:20 -0600
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-01-02 15:36 -0500
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                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com> - 2017-01-02 15:06 -0500
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2017-01-02 19:10 -0600
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com> - 2017-01-02 22:56 -0500
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                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2017-01-04 15:32 -0600
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-04 13:51 -0800
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                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2017-01-04 22:37 -0600
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-01-04 17:21 -0500
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2017-01-04 16:35 -0800
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                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year asetofsymbols@gmail.com - 2017-01-06 01:58 -0800
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2017-01-05 09:20 -0800
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2017-01-05 10:23 -0800
                [OT] Meaning and truth (Was Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year) Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-01-05 13:34 -0500
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> - 2017-01-07 17:20 -0500
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Kaz Kylheku <221-501-9011@kylheku.com> - 2017-01-07 22:57 +0000
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-01-07 19:06 -0500
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Kaz Kylheku <221-501-9011@kylheku.com> - 2017-01-08 06:16 +0000
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-01-08 11:19 -0500
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2017-01-02 19:05 -0600
                Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-01-04 00:28 +0000
            Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2017-01-01 10:01 +0000
          Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2016-12-31 14:29 -0600
  Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2016-12-31 21:57 +0000
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      Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-01-04 15:44 +0000
        Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-01-04 14:11 -0500
          Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-01-04 19:58 +0000
      Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-04 16:17 +0000
        Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-01-04 21:03 +0000
          Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2017-01-05 14:15 -0600
            Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-01-06 01:26 +0000
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