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From: darrelj@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Darrel VanBuer)
Newsgroups: net.bugs,net.puzzle
Subject: Re: Re: Computer bugs in the year 3200
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Date: Wed, 20-Feb-85 19:42:08 EST
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Summary: 

A further clarification: The leap seconds deal with the difference between
the mean solar day and 86400 standard seconds, and have no (direct) effect
on leap days except as errors in the day also change the number of days in a
year (which is further complicated by gradual changes in the Earth's orbit).

(By the way, the error in the Gregorian calendar is just over 26 seconds per
year)

-- 
Darrel J. Van Buer, PhD
System Development Corp.
2500 Colorado Ave
Santa Monica, CA 90406
(213)820-4111 x5449
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