Ted Ashton wrote:
> I thought about mentioning the leap second but wasn't sure enough of my
> explanation to put it in.  As I understand it, that is a bit of a
> different story and results actually from a slowing of the earth's
> travel through space, not to the year being a non-integer number of
> days long.
> Can anyone out ther confirm or deny that?

Being otherwise of sound mind, I asked Web Crawler to find info on
"Leap Second," and it obliged with several links, one being the "Time
Services Department" of the U.S. Naval Observatory

   <http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/time.html>

This interesting page links (eventually) to the FAQ at
   <http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/faq.html>

which in turn requires a link (!) to tell the whys and wherefores
of the Leap Second:
   <http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/leapsec.html>

The VERY thorough explanation basically says you're right. :)

(Actually, Web Crawler delivered the final link shown above.
The rest makes for interesting scanning, and definitely tells more than
I will ever be able to digest regarding the otherwise simple concept of
time. ;)

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