Poul-Henning Kamp said: > So here is an instructive little table: > > Finagle Subject to > Factor Unit/Resolution politics since > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Leap days 86400 sec. 2000 bc.
The first use of leap days I'm aware of was around 46 BCE. Before that the standard approach was leap months of between 20 and 30 days. > We went from random local timescales to UT[C] with 24 standardized > timezones. 24? -- Clive D.W. Feather | If you lie to the compiler, Email: cl...@davros.org | it will get its revenge. Web: http://www.davros.org | - Henry Spencer Mobile: +44 7973 377646 _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
