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While I don't like the idea of abandoning leap seconds altogether, I don't think it's unreasonable to let the disparity build up to an hour before making a correction. Leap seconds have been occurring since 1972 in either January or June - every one to seven or so years as needed to maintain Earth, not man-made clocks, as the ultimate timekeeper, said John Mosley, an astronomer at the Griffith Park Observatory. 1] is the context of a leap seconds cognizant time service, [C. |
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