[LEAPSECS] Lets get REAL about time.

[Tom Van Baak]

> 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.


Yeah, it's very cool. If you use a magnetic or acoustic
pick-up you can monitor those watches. See:
http://leapsecond.com/pages/Junghans/

It is lucky for wristwatches that they are leap second immune
by virtue of their inherent inaccuracy. Too bad PC's can't be
treated the same way!

/tvb