[LEAPSECS] Time on time

[Tony Finch]

Daniel R. Tobias <dan at tobias.name> wrote:

>

> Speaking of time, what sort of time is the Long Now clock keeping,

> anyway?  Solar, atomic, or something else entirely?


Solar time. It has a mechanism for detecting local noon to keep the clock
in sync.

Tony.
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