Leap seconds differ from leap days only in their unpredictability.
Careful. Actually, you can go a lot more seconds of predictable leap seconds than you can go days with predictable leap years using the current 4/100/400 leap day rule. The leap day error is, what, 365.2425 : 365.24219 = 850 ppb; while a leap second every two years is 16 ppb? But I know what you mean. If you compare with the typical human lifetime, then yes, it is leap seconds that are more unpredictable for sure. /tvb _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
