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Also, so what? the day already isn't exact, 24 hours is a shit measurement because we have to have a leap year to make up for it because it's not 24 hours exactly.
But instead of making a second fractionally faster we add an extra day in every 4 years. Fucking genius.
What
Also, so what? the day already isn't exact, 24 hours is a shit measurement because we have to have a leap year to make up for it because it's not 24 hours exactly.
But instead of making a second fractionally faster we add an extra day in every 4 years. Fucking genius.
24 hours is correct for the solar day. ~365.25 solar days fit into one year. If you redefined the length of the clock day to be exactly 1/365 part of a year, then clock times would no longer be fixed to the solar day.
24 hours is correct for the solar day. ~365.25 solar days fit into one year. If you redefined the length of the clock day to be exactly 1/365 part of a year, then clock times would no longer be fixed to the solar day.
Oh it's just the years that are wrong, my bad duh.
Oh it's just the years that are wrong, my bad duh.
Leap year is because the number of daytimes doesn't fit exactly in one year. You're thinking of the leap second, first implemented in 1972 when timekeeping became more accurate than the rotation of the earth.
Leap *year* is because the number of daytimes doesn't fit exactly in one year. You're thinking of the leap *second*, first implemented in 1972 when timekeeping became more accurate than the rotation of the earth.
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