Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 14:49:53 +0000 (UTC) From: Guangyuan Yang <ygy@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r51243 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/leap-seconds Message-ID: <201711301449.vAUEnr5R046249@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: ygy Date: Thu Nov 30 14:49:53 2017 New Revision: 51243 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/51243 Log: Improve the description of leap seconds in the article. PR: 221037 Reviewed by: imp, phk Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/leap-seconds/article.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/leap-seconds/article.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/leap-seconds/article.xml Thu Nov 30 11:41:28 2017 (r51242) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/leap-seconds/article.xml Thu Nov 30 14:49:53 2017 (r51243) @@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ <sect1 xml:id="leapseconds-definition"> <title>Introduction</title> - <para>A <emphasis>leap second</emphasis> is an ad-hoc one-second - correction to synchronize atomic timescales with Earth rotation. + <para>A <emphasis>leap second</emphasis> is an one second + adjustment made at specific times of year to UTC to synchronize + atomic time scales with variations in the rotation of the Earth. This article describes how &os; interacts with leap seconds.</para>
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