Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site frog.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!think!mit-eddie!cybvax0!frog!john From: john@frog.UUCP (John Woods) Newsgroups: net.space Subject: Re: calendar Message-ID: <255@frog.UUCP> Date: Tue, 6-Aug-85 11:44:52 EDT Article-I.D.: frog.255 Posted: Tue Aug 6 11:44:52 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Aug-85 23:05:33 EDT References: <2878@mordor.UUCP> Organization: Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA Lines: 16 > From: mcgeer%ucbkim@Berkeley (Rick McGeer) > > Yea. We have a leap second periodically to even out the flaws in > the Gregorian calendar. Just had one this year, in fact. > > Rick. If I understand correctly, the leap seconds are not to correct the calendar, but are to correct for the slowing of the earth with respect to the atomic clocks. Leap seconds are added whenever the mood strikes the people who wind the atoms :-), not according to a fixed plan. -- John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (617) 626-1101 ...!decvax!frog!john, ...!mit-eddie!jfw, jfw%mit-ccc@MIT-XX.ARPA