How Google Will Deal With The Upcoming Leap Second

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by accel, Jun 29, 2015.

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    Hi Guys

    There's a leap second coming up tomorrow, which has caused a few problems with servers in the past. Here's how Google will deal with it:

    http://www.businessinsider.com/google-compute-engine-leap-smear-deals-with-61-second-minutes-2015-6?r=UK
     
    accel, Jun 29, 2015 IP
  2. abajan

    abajan Active Member

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    Hopefully Time.is handled the leap second properly too because I always set my computer's clock based on theirs. :)
     
    abajan, Jul 1, 2015 IP
  3. accel

    accel Well-Known Member

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    I think some financial institutions closed down for a while to handle this.
     
    accel, Jul 2, 2015 IP