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Coordinated Universal Time - Utc

An extra second has been added to 2016 on Dec 31

On December 31, 2016, a "Leap second" will be added to the world's clocks at 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This corresponds to 6:59:59 pm Eastern Standard Time, when the extra second will be inserted at the U.S. Naval Observatory's Master Clock Facility in Washington, DC. Ref. Source 8q.

Utc Time Universal Coordinated

I usually set my computer's time to get it from the government website so it should pick it up not that one second would matter much to those outside the military.