Unix Time and a Modest Proposal
(johndcook.com)
It seems our choices are to add leap seconds and endure the resulting confusion, or not add leap seconds and allow the year to drift with respect to the day. There is a third way that deserves more consideration: adjust the position of the earth periodically to keep the solar year equal to an average Gregorian calendar day.
It seems our choices are to add leap seconds and endure the resulting confusion, or not add leap seconds and allow the year to drift with respect to the day. There is a third way that deserves more consideration: adjust the position of the earth periodically to keep the solar year equal to an average Gregorian calendar day.