[Rd] New leap second end of 2016 / beginning 2017 (depending on TZ)

Martin Maechler maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch
Wed Dec 14 17:04:22 CET 2016


As R is sophisticated enough to track leap seconds,

   ?.leap.seconds

we'd need to update our codes real soon now again:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second

(and those of you who want second precision in R in 2017 need to start
working with 'R patched' or 'R devel' ...)



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