Mark Calabretta <[email protected]> wrote: > > Leap seconds did for the clock what Julius Caesar did for the > calendar - 2000 years ago.
Actually the reverse. Julius Caesar replaced an unpredictable calendar with a predictable one. When civil time was based on UT1 it had predictable labels, whereas UTC has an unpredictable labelling system. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <[email protected]> http://dotat.at/ Fair Isle: Northwest 5 or 6, backing south 6 to gale 8, veering west 7 to severe gale 9, perhaps storm 10 later. Very rough or high. Rain or squally showers. Good, occasionally poor. _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
