[LEAPSECS] trivia, the 2nd longest year

Daniel R. Tobias dan at tobias.name
Thu Apr 12 19:36:02 EDT 2012


On 12 Apr 2012 at 12:33, Steve Allen wrote:


> A well circulated piece of trivia is that 1972 was the longest year in

> recorded history because civil time contained two leap seconds.


But recorded history goes back far enough to encompass 46 BC, which
had 445 days due to Caesar's calendar reform.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/46_BC


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