[LEAPSECS] Lets get REAL about time.

[Steve Allen]

On 2012 Jan 24, at 07:12, Tom Van Baak wrote:

> 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.


My analog clocks with just quartz crystals don't keep time to
within a second over the relevant interval.  The ones with WWVB
receivers in them do a little dance every night when nobody is
watching and the signal is strong, and that dance looks a lot
like the handling of a leap second.
                                                                                
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