topic list  |  new topic  |  authorish list

parent: The Interesting Thing About Time

Re: The Interesting Thing About Time by tommie on 2004-02-24 07:00:07

Now that you know,
1: http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/leapsec.html
here
is some information which will help confuse the issue: since the revolution of the earth around the sun (the original basis for defining the length of a second) changes, time on the clock must be ajusted.

Reply to this

Comments:

Re: Re: The Interesting Thing About Time by Kid on 2004-02-24 13:11:41  |  Reply to this
	I can cope with this. I wasn't aware of leap seconds frequency...but I knew they occurred a bit. Re: Re: Re: The Interesting Thing About Time by tommie on 2004-02-24 13:16:24  |  Reply to this   Don't you ever get that feeling that you've had some lapse of time? It's those damn leap seconds!