[Discuss] Happy New Year! oh, wait a second...

[captain]

This year at midnight Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) atomic clocks 
worldwide will add a "leap second" after 23:59:59 to give a reading of 
23:59:60 before hitting 00:00:00. Normally, the last second of the year 
is December 31 23:59:59, while the first second of the new year being 
January 01 00:00:00. Note that this only happens ONCE, at midnight in 
Greenwich, NOT midnight in every time zone!  So watch your digital 
atomic clocks at the right hour of the day for your zone and rejoice in 
our extra second!  ;-)

Here is an online clock, accurate to 0.2 seconds, for you to watch: 
http://www.time.gov/timezone.cgi?UTC/s/0/java

For me, I'll be watching at 2005.12.31 17:59:60 Central Time

Cheers!
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