Mark Bixby writes:

> I once listened to the WWV time signal on shortwave radio during a leap
> second, and I believe it went something like this:
>
>    23:59:55...23:59:56...23:59:57...23:59:58...23:59:59...23:59:59...0:0:0

The "struct tm" in C even allows for this, with tm_sec in the range 0..61
to allow for 2 leap-seconds.

(Harbison & Steele, "C -- A Reference Manual," 4th ed., page 401.)

--Glenn Cole
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