Computer bugs in the year 3200

Darrel VanBuer darrelj at sdcrdcf.UUCP
Thu Feb 21 10:42:08 AEST 1985


A further clarification: The leap seconds deal with the difference between
the mean solar day and 86400 standard seconds, and have no (direct) effect
on leap days except as errors in the day also change the number of days in a
year (which is further complicated by gradual changes in the Earth's orbit).

(By the way, the error in the Gregorian calendar is just over 26 seconds per
year)

-- 
Darrel J. Van Buer, PhD
System Development Corp.
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Santa Monica, CA 90406
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