[LEAPSECS] Lets get REAL about time.

[Tom Van Baak]

> If leap seconds were predictable (say they were exactly one every 18 months

> for the next century) it would be perfectly practical to build an analogue

> clock that had 61 divisions on the dial carrying the second hand, and which

> jumped the 60 position in most minutes.


I would like to agree with you, but can't. The dial is shared by
the seconds, minutes, and hours hand so your proposal isn't
going to work. Open an analog clock and have a look.

/tvb