leap second

Summary

leap second is an intercalation^[1]. It draws 861 Wikipedia views per month (intercalation category, ranking #1 of 3).^[2]

Key Facts

• leap second's image is recorded as Apanhei o 2012.jpg^[3].
• leap second's image is recorded as Leap Second - June 30, 2012.png^[4].
• leap second's instance of is recorded as intercalation^[5].
• leap second's follows is recorded as 23:59:59^[6].
• leap second's followed by is recorded as 00:00:00^[7].
• leap second's subclass of is recorded as second^[8].
• leap second's part of is recorded as UTC^[9].
• leap second's part of is recorded as 23:59^[10].
• leap second's Commons category is recorded as Leap second^[11].
• leap second was dissolved in +2035-00-00T00:00:00Z^[12].
• leap second's start time is recorded as +1972-06-30T00:00:00Z^[13].
• leap second's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04pb3^[14].
• leap second's described at URL is recorded as https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/14/science/time-leap-second.html^[15].
• leap second's described at URL is recorded as https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/03/science/time-leap-second.html^[16].
• leap second's spoken text audio is recorded as Skudsekund2.ogg^[17].
• leap second's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/leap-second^[18].
• leap second's BBC Things ID is recorded as c2cdeb70-ad25-4922-b9bf-400cfd8c6fc6^[19].
• leap second's hashtag is recorded as LeapSecond^[20].
• leap second's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 136458^[21].
• leap second's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[22].
• leap second's schematic is recorded as Leapsecond.ut1-utc.svg^[23].
• leap second's Fandom article ID is recorded as calendars:Leap_second^[24].
• leap second's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 124476145^[25].
• leap second's Lex ID is recorded as skudsekund^[26].
• leap second's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 윤초^[27].

Why It Matters

leap second draws 861 Wikipedia views per month (intercalation category, ranking #1 of 3).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]