Tuesday, 3 July 2012

Leap second wreaks Internet havoc

An adjustment of a mere second in the official global clock sent dozens of websites crashing in an incident reminiscent of the Y2K bug over a decade ago.

The leap second� was added to the Coordinated Universal Time to adjust clocks to the earths rotation the night of June 30, delaying for one second the transition to July 1.

Source:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/02/leap-second-wreaks-internet-havoc/

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