Britain, China and Canada Vs USA, Germany and France.
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by trubble76 » Jan 19, 2012 9:22 am
Everyone knows what a leap year is, but did you know there are also leap seconds? At least for now, because the leap second’s very existence is being debated in Geneva today: with Britain, China and Canada fighting to keep it against the USA, Germany and France.
Introduced globally 40 years ago, the leap second was designed to keep atomic time (used by computer systems) and astronomical or solar time (the Earth’s rotation) in sync with each other.
#2 by Nostalgia » Jan 19, 2012 9:28 am
#3 by trubble76 » Jan 19, 2012 9:37 am
#4 by Horwood Beer-Master » Jan 19, 2012 9:37 am
...the leap second’s very existence is being debated in Geneva today: with Britain, China and Canada fighting to keep it against the USA, Germany and France...
#5 by Nostalgia » Jan 19, 2012 9:47 am
trubble76 wrote:I think the idea is that we ignore the seconds until we need to do a leap-(something bigger), otherwise if left too long we would start to see drift. In other words, save up all the leap-seconds for 360 years (or whatever) and do a leap hour.
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