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From: eachus@spectre.mitre.org (Robert I. Eachus)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Ada 9X Doc v5.99
Date: 10 Feb 1995 00:51:23 GMT
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In-reply-to: CONDIC@PSAVAX.PWFL.COM's message of Tue, 7 Feb 1995 11:19:08 EST
Date: 1995-02-10T00:51:23+00:00
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In article <INFO-ADA%95020710274779@VM1.NODAK.EDU> CONDIC@PSAVAX.PWFL.COM writes:

  > And besides - the Earth's rotation around the Sun is continually
  > slowing down, so the definition of a year (and hence, a day,
  > etc.) is continually changing.

    No, the definition of a second has been decoupled from the earth
for some time now.  "Leap seconds" and the converse are scheduled from
time to time to keep UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) syncronized with
the rotation of the earth.  The definition of the second, and atomic
time, don't change.

--

					Robert I. Eachus

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