July 8, 2016 Announcement of Leap Second Insertion
Next New Year’s Day will be one second longer than usual
A leap second adjustment will be made on Sunday, January 1, 2017, for the first time in a year and a half. The National Research and Development Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT, headed by Dr. Masao Sakauchi, President), which is in charge of distributing and maintaining Japan Standard Time, will insert a lead second into Japan Standard Time.
[Leap second adjustment this time]
A lead second will occur at 8:59:60 AM (between 8:59:59 AM and 9:00:00 AM) on Sunday, January 1, 2017.
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