Onno Ebbinge wrote:
> Because Time and Dates can be a real pain I often use the following resource:
> 
> The Best of Dates, The Worst Of Dates:    (by Gilbert Healton)
> http://www.exit109.com/~ghealton/y2k/yrexamples.html
> 
> The Best of Dates, The Worst Of Dates: Leap Seconds and UTC
> http://www.exit109.com/~ghealton/y2k/yrexamples.html#_History.Leap
> 
> NIST Time Scale Data Archive
> http://tf.nist.gov/pubs/bulletin/leapsecond.htm
> 
> No mention of a 61st second (two positive leap seconds) anywhere...
> If nobody can come up with a reason it should be patched.

This used to be a POSIX thing; however, with its alignment to C99
the double leap second was disposed of in the 2001 edition.


- Klaus