Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!mdivax1!young Newsgroups: alt.sources.d Subject: Re: WWS vs. The Naval Observatory Clock Message-ID: <1991Jan4.205944.23322@mdivax1.uucp> Date: 4 Jan 91 20:59:44 GMT References: <642@hhb.UUCP> <53611@mcdchg.chg.mcd.mot.com> Reply-To: mdivax1!fh10c!young (Gary Young) Organization: Mobile Data International Lines: 17 Return-Path: Apparently-To: van-bc!rnews In article <53611@mcdchg.chg.mcd.mot.com> heiby@mcdchg.chg.mcd.mot.com (Ron Heiby) writes: >I didn't watch any of the "live" New Year's shows on TV. Somehow, I >can't picture the countdown: > >10 - 9 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 - extra - Happy New Year! >Ron Heiby, heiby@chg.mcd.mot.com Moderator: comp.newprod >"Give me voice mail or give me drugs!"/"Mandatory Drug Testing? Just Say NO!!!" The second was added at Midnight UTC, Universal Coordinated Time. So none of the North America "Happy New Years" coincided with the extra second. -- ____________________________________________________________ | Gary H. Young young@mdi.com Mobile Data International | | FAX: 206-483-3400 19807 North Creek Parkway | | Telephone: 206-487-5921 Bothell, WA 98011, U.S.A. |