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From: Marino.Ladavac@aut.alcatel.at (Marino Ladavac)
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Subject: Leap seconds
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Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 20:07:40 +0100 (MET)
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Hello all,

this might be inapropriate, but nobody else I asked seemed to know:

	what are the leap seconds, and what happens with them?

	Most importantly, if a leap second occurs, does the
	tv_secs get incremented or not?

Thanks.

/Alby