Ignores = does nothing
Normally, UNIX time goes up by one each second.
Unless, it's a leap second, in which case UNIX time does nothing.
Normally, UNIX time goes up by one each second.
Unless, it's a leap second, in which case UNIX time does nothing.
Example: You're driving your car when pedestrians appear in front of you. What does "ignoring" them constitute? Stopping the car, or running into them at the previous speed?
At the point they needed to be inserted, Unix systems carry on counting seconds as units of time as they pass, "ignoring" the need to add 1 for the purposes of accounting.
unix systems essentially will roll back clocks during leap seconds. here is handy dandy table as an example:
Time tv_sec tv_usec
2015-06-30T23:59:58.9Z 1435708798 900000
2015-06-30T23:59:59.0Z 1435708799 0
2015-06-30T23:59:59.1Z 1435708799 100000
... ... ...
2015-06-30T23:59:59.9Z 1435708799 900000
2015-06-30T23:59:60.0Z 1435708799 0
2015-06-30T23:59:60.1Z 1435708799 100000
... ... ...
2015-06-30T23:59:60.9Z 1435708799 900000
2015-07-01T00:00:00.0Z 1435708800 0
2015-07-01T00:00:00.1Z 1435708800 100000
... ... ...
But when I count people passing me, I press my clicker each time to count them. Except once in a while I don't do anything, i.e. ignore them.