On Wed, 06 Jul 2005 23:58:33 GMT, "FDR"
wrote:

Wooho, an extra second of sleep!

Well, I'm not sure if it still matters what with the Global
Positioning System but if you're trying to navigate using accurate
time it helps to have atomic UTC and solar GMT co-ordinated and part
of the co-ordination is that they're kept within 7/10 second of each
other using leap seconds.