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by the_black_hand 1306 days ago
> Sometimes the best solution is not a technical solution (“halt the markets for 15 minutes before/after”)

I'm little confused. How does this solve the problem? If you don't code for the second, you'll still be off if you wait. I'm I missing something?

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The code to keep your clock in sync is "easy".

They had done it all the previous leap second during the weekend.

The hard part that required a lot of work was making sure that nothing breaks when it happens.

In this case they chose to have a mini weekend in the middle of the week for convenience