[LEAPSECS] trivia, the 2nd longest year

[Dennis Ferguson]

On 12 Apr, 2012, at 12:33 , Steve Allen wrote:

> A well circulated piece of trivia is that 1972 was the longest year in

> recorded history because civil time contained two leap seconds.

> 

> I offer this challenge:

> 

> What was the second longest year in recorded history, and how many

> leap seconds did it have?


I'll guess 1960, a leap year with 1.42 seconds added.  That was before leap
seconds were invented, though.

The table I found that in is here:

    http://maia.usno.navy.mil/ser7/tai-utc.dat

Dennis Ferguson