Richard B. Gilbert writes:
> It's unfortunate that the earth DOES NOT rotate exactly 360 degrees in
> exactly 24.000000000000 hours. This bit of poor design causes all
> sorts of problems.  Leap seconds are just one of the symptoms!

Leapseconds are localization, like time zones, daylight saving, and
leapyears.  It's unfortunate that they are considered part of the
timestream.
-- 
John Hasler 
[email protected]
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA

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