The second year, because the earth's orbit is gradually speeding up and
the length of the year decreasing! It had no leap seconds because they
weren't invented then, but if they had been, there would probably have
been at least one dropped from the current style of recording time of day.
The gradual decrease in year length and increase in day length is why
there will probably need to be seven leap days dropped from the calendar
in the next 8000 years, as opposed to the straight line calculation of
just one.
Robert Jones
On 12/04/2012 20:33, Steve Allen wrote:
A well circulated piece of trivia is that 1972 was the longest year in
recorded history because civil time contained two leap seconds.
I offer this challenge:
What was the second longest year in recorded history, and how many
leap seconds did it have?
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