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We could also accumulate leap seconds and release them as leap minutes once a century or so.
by DenisM 12y ago
We could also accumulate leap seconds and release them as leap minutes once a century or so.
- Matumio 12y agoAn actual proposal was to wait until an hour has accumulated and then change time zones.
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- organsnyder 12y agoI like the current system better. They happen often enough that software is (or should be) written with them in mind. Otherwise, we'd have y2k-style scrambling every time they occurred (since it would be infrequent enough that the pain of the experience would be dulled with time).