On Sat, 4 Nov 2000, ts wrote:

> >>>>> "H" == Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs / dmu.ac.uk> writes:
> 
> H> neelix hgs 58 %> ruby -e 'p Time.local(1997,12,31,23,59,60)'
> H> Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1998
> H> neelix hgs 59 %> 
> 
> moulon% ruby -ve 'p Time.local(1997,12,31,23,59,60)'
> ruby 1.6.1 (2000-09-27) [sparc-solaris2.7]
> Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 MET 1998
> moulon% 

Mine was solaris7 as well:
neelix hgs 59 %> ruby -v
ruby 1.6.1 (2000-09-27) [sparc-solaris2.7]
neelix hgs 60 %> 
>  
	[386 linux example trimmmed]
> 
> H> because it is legal to add a leap second at the end of the year.
> H> I don't know whom we could ask about this.
> 
>  The last leap seconds :
> 
	[...]
> 1994 JUL  1 =JD 2449534.5  TAI-UTC=  29.0       S + (MJD - 41317.) X 0.0 S
> 1996 JAN  1 =JD 2450083.5  TAI-UTC=  30.0       S + (MJD - 41317.) X 0.0 S
> 1997 JUL  1 =JD 2450630.5  TAI-UTC=  31.0       S + (MJD - 41317.) X 0.0 S
> 1999 JAN  1 =JD 2451179.5  TAI-UTC=  32.0       S + (MJD - 41317.) X 0.0 S 

I'm not sure how to interpret this format.  And are you saying one adds it
at a different time of day/year, it would have been illegal to add one for
1998, or what?  I'm not clear what point you are making...
> 
> Guy Decoux
> 
	Thank you,
	Hugh