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From: Mills@udel.edu
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Subject: Re:  NTP and leap seconds
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Date: 13 Nov 90 21:23:47 GMT
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Colin,

Thanks for the pointer to SP&E. I tracked down the article and
am now confident NTP can provide accurate calendrics in five
cultures, including ISO

But, I can find no explanation why the Gregorian calendar stuffs
two days relative to the Julian calendar. I thought I had it figured
out by reason of silly Roman number system (the Maya had a much better
one even before Caeser), but that turned out to be wrong. Meanwhile,
I can say that Morley's calendrics in The Ancient Maya do verily
agree with the (corrected) version 3 spec.

Don't forget the leap coming up at the end of the year...

Dave