[LEAPSECS] the inception of leap seconds

[Daniel R. Tobias]

On 16 Aug 2018 at 0:18, Sanjeev Gupta wrote:

> Maybe time travel is hard because you need to set the dial using UT2,
> but the UTC-UT2 difference is known only in the future of the traveler
> wanting to back?

This was, weirdly enough, a plot point in the comic book story of 
"Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #60" (Oct. 1965), in which an 
attempted time trip by Superman goes awry because "Due to a change in 
Earth's rotation after 5,000 years, the calendar will change by half 
a day," causing him to arrive too late to perform an intended rescue.

A few scans:
https://dan.tobias.name/controversies/leapsecs/gfx/ll60-cover-lg.jpg
https://dan.tobias.name/controversies/leapsecs/gfx/ll60-1.jpg
https://dan.tobias.name/controversies/leapsecs/gfx/ll60-2.jpg
https://dan.tobias.name/controversies/leapsecs/gfx/ll60-3.jpg
https://dan.tobias.name/controversies/leapsecs/gfx/ll60-4.jpg

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