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From: moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney)
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>mlwozniak@wp.pl writes:

>|The second was definitely originally defined by the
>|earth rotation, but this is no longer true

>A lie, as expected from a relativistic scum.

http://www.timeanddate.com/time/leapseconds.html

Atomic clocks are better clocks than the rotating earth is.
The earth's rotation has slowed down slightly.

The accumulated difference between Coordinated Universal
Time (once called GMT) and TAI time is now 36 seconds. The
earth has slowed down by 26 seconds since 1972.
That's almost one leap second every 18 months.