Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1998-25,: Re: Y2K

# Re: Y2K

Richard B. Johnson (root@chaos.analogic.com)
Mon, 22 Jun 1998 08:30:21 -0400 (EDT)

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On Sat, 20 Jun 1998, Rogier Wolff wrote:

> linker@nightshade.ml.org wrote:
> >
> > On 19 Jun 1998, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> >
> > [snip days in a year stuff]
> > >
[SNIP 365.2425]
[SNIP 365.242198781, accuracy counts]
[SNIP 365.2425 days in a year. (365 + 1/4 - 1/100 + 1/400)]
[SNIP 365.242893]
>
> The gregorian calendar will be off-by-a-day after about 51395 years.
> This does not take any "slowing" effects into account.
>
> Roger.

Isn't this the reason for the "leap-second" thrown in every so often
by the regulatory authorities (NIST in the USA)? I understand that
the number of days in a year has been adjusted by convention, to be
some number that is exactly represented. The result is adjusted to
be, on the average, correct by use of the leap-second.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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