From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 09:31:26 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (Time directives) [%S]: Explain why the range is [0..60].
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(Time directives) [%S]: Explain why the range is [0..60].
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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index ee4c322869..eaa6a03664 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -10183,7 +10183,8 @@ Note that this value is the number of seconds between the epoch
 and the current date as defined by the localtime system call.
 It isn't changed by the @option{--date} option.
 @item %S
-second (00@dots{}60)
+second (00@dots{}60).  The range is [00@dots{}60], and not [00@dots{}59],
+in order to accommodate the occasional positive leap second.
 @item %T
 time, 24-hour (hh:mm:ss)
 @item %X