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Universal Time Coordinated is defined in such a way that every day has an integral number of seconds - usually 86400, but sometimes 86401 (a "leap second" is added). The difference with the real time (according to Earth's rotation) must not go above 0.9 seconds. This difference can be neglected for most purposes.

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