
1 Jul
2012
1 Jul
'12
2:13 a.m.
From: Paul WALL <pauldotwall@gmail.com> Subject: F-ckin Leap Seconds, how do they work?
Comments?
Addressing the Subject question, _as_asked_ -- "Very well". *SNORT* Mechanically, instead of rolling over from second #59 to second #0 of the next minute, it goes 59->60->0. The 'why' is to keep terrestrial clocks in sync with celestial references.