Re: [LEAPSECS] Introduction of long term scheduling

From: Greg Hennessy <greg.hennessy_at_COX.NET>
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 16:36:11 -0500

> Why does the "One sec at predicted intervals" line suddenly
> diverge in the early 2500's when the other lines seem to just
> be expanding in a sensible way?

As time goes on we'll need a quadratically increasing number of leap
seconds. The single leap sec at predicted intervals cannot handle that,
the other two lines allow for an arbitrary number of leap seconds at
specified times.
Received on Mon Jan 01 2007 - 13:36:35 PST

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