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		kintamanimatt on June 30, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: No leap second will be added tonight Follow-up question: what's the condition for a leap second to be added?

viraptor on June 30, 2014 [–]

Changes in Earth rotation speed. Have a look at wikipedia's "Leap second". It's explained pretty well with some historic data.

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