21. Any leading zeros are replaced by centered dots. 22. Numeric values are also normalized where leading zeros are stripped from the string representation. 23. :: : I'm not sure that will guarantee the leading zero . 24. First, let us permit leading zeros . 25. Note that numbers with values less than one are not usually written with a leading zero . 26. The problem is that dates with leading zeros like " 06 February 2015 " are invalid. 27. They include variations on signed multiply accumulate, saturated add and subtract, and count leading zeros . 28. The count leading zeros operation efficiently determines the number of leading zero bits in a machine word. 29. The count leading zeros operation efficiently determines the number of leading zero bits in a machine word. 30. Usually, when the month is written in letters, there is no leading zero before the day.