Comment Comment by agons I'd say that the people counting leap seconds are the ones "doing something".At the point they needed to be inserted, Unix systems carry on counting seconds as units of time as they pass, "ignoring" the need to add 1 for the purposes of accounting. parent agons 3 years ago
At the point they needed to be inserted, Unix systems carry on counting seconds as units of time as they pass, "ignoring" the need to add 1 for the purposes of accounting.