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Re: F-ckin Leap Seconds, how do they work?
From: Tony Finch <dot () dotat at>
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 22:40:09 +0100
valdis.kletnieks () vt edu <valdis.kletnieks () vt edu> wrote:
Leap seconds are added for the exact same reason leap days are - the earth's rotation isn't a clean multiple of the year.
No leap seconds have nothing to do with years. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <dot () dotat at> http://dotat.at/ Rockall: Cyclonic, becoming northerly later, 4 or 5, occasionally 6 in far north. Moderate or rough. Rain or showers. Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
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