[LEAPSECS] Degrees of Accommodating Time Based on Earth Rotation

[Clive D.W. Feather]

Poul-Henning Kamp said:

> So here is an instructive little table:

> 

> Finagle					Subject to

> Factor		Unit/Resolution		politics since

> ------------------------------------------------------------

> Leap days	86400 sec.		2000 bc.


The first use of leap days I'm aware of was around 46 BCE. Before that
the standard approach was leap months of between 20 and 30 days.


> We went from random local timescales to UT[C] with 24 standardized

> timezones.


24?

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