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| Date | 2016-12-22 14:38 -0800 |
| References | <o3gl85$j26$1@dont-email.me> <MPG.32c61a3bdec3d9809896d9@reader443.eternal-september.org> |
| Message-ID | <ff4d3e5b-e878-48dc-9fbd-5bf62f8d32af@googlegroups.com> (permalink) |
| Subject | Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year |
| From | "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> |
On Thursday, December 22, 2016 at 5:14:15 PM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > In article <o3gl85$j26$1@dont-email.me>, toylet.toylet@gmail.com says... > > A "leap second" will be added to the world's official clocks on Dec. 31 > > at 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), > > > > Google has an interesting approach to this to make sure that the 1- > second adjustment doesn't cause problems. They "smear" the change over a > longer period of time: > > https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/time-technology-and-leaping- > seconds.html With all of the digital technology we have these days, and with people relying on their computers and phones for the time, why can't our society smear the daylight savings hour over a long period of time so our days are just constantly reflecting accurately our target daylight portion? Best regards, Rick C. Hodgin
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[OT] Meaning and truth (Was Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year) Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-01-05 13:34 -0500
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