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    Leap Second

    Information about Leap Seconds can be found here with a pretty thorough explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second Information about the WWVB time signal is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWVB The basic explanation is that once or twice a year there is an extra second...
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    Leap Second

    I will have to wait and see. The WWVB time signal includes a Leap Second warning to tell clocks that there will be a Leap Second at the end of the month, so the flag is in the signal for all of June. The Leap Second should be added at 23:59:60 UTC on 30JUN so it will be interesting to see if...
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    Leap Second

    Does anyone know how G-Shock Wave Ceptor watches handle Leap Seconds? I'm just curious because there is one coming up this June 30th and I would love to be able to catch a video clip of the watch turning over 61 seconds in one minute if it will be shown on the display.
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