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The addition of a single second can screw up half of the Internet

By Alfie Joshua1 min readGoogle News

All of the atomic clocks in the world will pause for a single second on the midnight between June 30th and July 1st later this year in order to synchronize with the Earth’s rotational time. While adding a leap second definitely isn’t something new, past occurrences have caused some serious issues with various websites and services on the Internet.

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