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        valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu <valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu> wrote:
Leap seconds are added for the exact same reason leap days are - the earth's rotation isn't a clean multiple of the year.
No leap seconds have nothing to do with years. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <dot@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ Rockall: Cyclonic, becoming northerly later, 4 or 5, occasionally 6 in far north. Moderate or rough. Rain or showers. Moderate or good, occasionally poor.