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diff --git a/doc/misc/calc.texi b/doc/misc/calc.texi index 89a340e7343..ef9990c057a 100644 --- a/doc/misc/calc.texi +++ b/doc/misc/calc.texi @@ -11040,7 +11040,8 @@ the year even for older dates. The customizable variable have Calc's date forms switch from the Julian to Gregorian calendar at any specified date. -Today's timekeepers introduce an occasional ``leap second''. +A few platforms support leap seconds, such as the time stamp +1972-06-30 23:59:60 UTC, an extra second appended to June 1972. These do not occur regularly and Calc does not take these minor effects into account. (If it did, it would have to report a non-integer number of days between, say, |