Leap Second

Did anyone notice (or care about) the leap second?  I did neither.  Here’s some cool output from Kevin Oberman on the NANOG list, though.

bash-2.05b# date
Thu Jan  1 00:59:58 CET 2009
bash-2.05b# date
Thu Jan  1 00:59:59 CET 2009
bash-2.05b# date
Thu Jan  1 00:59:60 CET 2009
bash-2.05b# date
Thu Jan  1 01:00:00 CET 2009
bash-2.05b# date
Thu Jan  1 01:00:01 CET 2009
bash-2.05b#

Aaron Conaway

I like to lean my head to the left, hit it with the palm of my right hand, and document what knowledge falls out.

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