From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!hstrop
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Title: length of day
Article-I.D.: mhuxt.1136
Posted: Thu Nov  4 18:45:52 1982
Received: Fri Nov  5 08:13:22 1982

For those people who couldn't live without this info:

one day(earth rotation) = 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4 seconds

Nothing for the guy on the street to worry about, but now
you know why the days seem shorter than when you were a kid.