[ntp:questions] Question about 2008 leap second

Richard B. Gilbert rgilbert88 at comcast.net
Wed Dec 31 17:34:29 UTC 2008


lguzmanh at mercurio.cl wrote:
> Dear all
> 
> 
> 
> I am writing an article about the "leap second" of this year.  Do you know how
> companies or people can synchronized their time with the "new" one?
> 

I predict that the leap second will be ignored by at least 98% of the 
world!  Most people cannot set their clocks to the correct second and 
most would not bother if they could.

The leap second will be important to astronomers, navigators, the NIST 
and a few other people and institutions.




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