Examples of using Leap seconds in English and their translations into German
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eventually midnight would fall in the middle of the day(although that would take a millennia or two) so leap seconds are added every few years to compensate.
vice versa(albeit in many millennia) so leap seconds are added to the standard time scale just as days are added in a leap year.
The Earth's rotation is affected by the gravity of the moon and can therefore slow or speed up. For this reason, International Atomic Time(TAI from the French Temps Atomique International) has to have‘Leap seconds' added to keep it in line with the original timescale GMT(Greenwich meantime)
other technology and the disruption Leap seconds can cause is seen as not worth the hassle.
from slowly getting later and later, Leap Seconds are added to UTC as a chronological fudge,
by adding Leap Seconds every year to prevent day from creeping into night albeit in a millennia or two.
of the Earths rotation as our planet is actually 100,000 times less reliable than an atomic clock and without leap seconds noon would eventually become midnight albeit in 40,000 years or so.
UTC is based on the time told by atomic clocks although it is kept inline with GMT by the addition of‘Leap Seconds' which compensates for the slowing of the Earth's rotation allowing both UTC
Fortunately most dedicated NTP servers are designed with Leap Seconds in mind.
The use of leap seconds is a subject of continuous debate.
The Institut that declare the leap seconds International Earth Rotation Service IERS.
NTP servers can implement leap seconds by repeating the final second of the day.
This example shows the creation of a Spanish translation of the short Leap Seconds article.
The leapfile keyword specifies the location of a file containing information about leap seconds.
Currently, about two leap seconds must be inserted in an interval of three years.
Leap seconds are inserted at the same instant all over the world: UTC midnight.
By utilising GPS time, system administrators can make their own provisions to adjust for leap seconds.
Leap seconds, however, are controversial and can also cause problems if equipment isn't designed with leap seconds in mind.
decide when to add additional leap seconds.
Leap seconds are added once