On Tue 2012/01/24 07:18:36 -0800, Steve Allen wrote in a message to: Leap Second Discussion List <leapsecs@leapsecond.com>
>The ones with WWVB >receivers in them do a little dance every night when nobody is >watching and the signal is strong, and that dance looks a lot >like the handling of a leap second. There are two basic types of analogue clock display. One where the second hand steps around the dial from second to second (thus disawowing sub-second timekeeping), and the other where it moves smoothly and continuously. It is interesting to contemplate how a leap second would appear on each were it to be implemented. In the former, on reaching 60, the second hand would stay there for 2 seconds thus making it impossible to track time during a leap second. In the latter, the second hand would move continuously past 60 to 01 second and immediately flick back to 60, thus making it possible to reckon time during a leap second. Regards, Mark _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
