You don't seriously expect R 2.2.1 to know about events after its release
do you? And as the new leap second is not a bug, it will not go into a
patched version.
I have been looking into this for R-devel, but there is a lot more to it.
We really need consistency with the OS, and as this leap s
I glanced at the .leap.seconds object and noticed that it has not been
updated for the most recent leap second that occurred 2005 December 31,
23h 59m 60s. See the IERS bulletin here:
http://hpiers.obspm.fr/iers/bul/bulc/bulletinc.dat
Moreover, after a more careful glance at the .leap.seconds obje
