> Linkname: NIST Time and Frequency FAQ
URL: http://tf.nist.gov/general/leaps.htm#Anchor-52904
> What is a leap second?
> A leap second is a second added to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to make
> it agree with
astronomical time to within 0.9 second.
> I don't believe the 0.9 second constraint can be maintained while inserting
> more than one
leap second at a time. Proof is left as an exercise for the reader.
Yers. A bit mind-buggering. If we are not close enough to 0.9 seconds in
December and we are
subsequently close enough to 1.9 seconds in June - we need to abandon the
plamet. Female
children and the odd male first.
--
Phil Payne
http://www.isham-research.co.uk
+44 7833 654 800
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