An article previously linked on Hacker News goes into leap seconds in much greater detail and is a good read: http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2011/5/107699-the-o

An article previously linked on Hacker News goes into leap seconds in much greater detail and is a good read: http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2011/5/107699-the-one-second-war/fulltext http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2011/5/107699-the-one-second-w...