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Diffstat (limited to 'time.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | time.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -3883,10 +3883,12 @@ time_round(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE time) * call-seq: * time.sec -> fixnum * - * Returns the second of the minute (0..60)<em>[Yes, seconds really can - * range from zero to 60. This allows the system to inject leap seconds - * every now and then to correct for the fact that years are not really - * a convenient number of hours long.]</em> for <i>time</i>. + * Returns the second of the minute (0..60) for <i>time</i>. + * <em>[Yes, seconds really can range from zero to 60. This allows the + * system to inject leap seconds every now and then to correct for the + * fact that UTC is based on solar time so days are not exactly 86400 + * seconds or 24 hours long. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second + * for further details.]</em> * * t = Time.now #=> 2007-11-19 08:25:02 -0600 * t.sec #=> 2 |