In June of this year will mark the 30th at midnight "leap seconds": the history of the 26th

According to the British "Mirror" reported that this year will mark the 26th time in the history of "leap seconds", "leap seconds" phenomenon again worrisome potential problems. According to reports, in June this year will mark the 30th at midnight "leap seconds", which caused the International Earth Rotation Service (IERS) Some scientists worry - this extra second or enable Internet hit. It is reported that in 2012, "leap seconds" to make, including social news aggregation website Reddit, including a number of sites are plagued by technical glitches.



　　Leap second is the "Coordinated Universal Time" made ​​basic adjustment aims to keep time synchronization with the sun. According to reports, since 1972, this will be the first human to increase 26 leap seconds.

　　Google for "leap second" problem, take the "leap seconds to compensate (leap smear)" technology, that is, each adding a few milliseconds to a second final. Simply say that at this point before gradually increasing milliseconds for the system clock, rather than a sudden pause a second. This approach allows the computer to get real-time correction, rather than the same time counted twice, resulting in an error. Although this is a clever method of repair, but some parts of the site is still not escape the "leap second failure."

　　In response, the United States called for the abolition of leap seconds that leap seconds will cause damage navigation and communication systems, and can interfere with time-dependent currency trading. The British are holding the opposite view, I believe that would abolish the leap second impact from use since 1847 GMT.