[COFF] What does your "cal" show?

[Adam Thornton]

Ah, leap seconds.  I work for an observatory.  Some things are in TAI and some are in UTC.  At least now I know what to look for when something is 37 seconds off.

Adam

> On Sep 8, 2021, at 1:36 PM, Warner Losh <imp at bsdimp.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Sep 8, 2021, 7:25 AM Dave Horsfall <dave at horsfall.org <mailto:dave at horsfall.org>> wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Sep 2021, Tony Finch wrote:
> 
> > It's even more funny than that :-) They actually went back to the Julian
> > calendar in 1712, and they needed to add back the leap day they skipped in
> > 1700; this extra day became February 30th.
> >
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_non-standard_dates#February_30 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_non-standard_dates#February_30>
> 
> Oh, my sainted aunt...
> 
> This is the example I give to people who say calendars are easy...
> 
> Also, I use it in my screeds against the current observational nature of leap seconds.
> 
> Warner
> 
> -- Dave
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