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Observatory data aided time change

By Star-Advertiser staff

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 01, 2012

~~<p>A 61-second minute happened between 2 and 2:01 p.m. Saturday in Hawaii.</p>
<p>The addition of a &quot;leap second&quot; to the other 86,400 seconds that made up the day was prompted in part by observations from the Kokee Park Geophysical Observatory on Kauai.</p>
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A 61-second minute happened between 2 and 2:01 p.m. Saturday in Hawaii.

The addition of a "leap second" to the other 86,400 seconds that made up the day was prompted in part by observations from the Kokee Park Geophysical Observatory on Kauai. Login for more...



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