[LEAPSECS] 2016 is not tied for second longest year ever

Steve Allen sla at ucolick.org
Fri Dec 30 23:51:00 EST 2016


Leap second trivia for the end of the year.

1972 was a leap year and had 2 leap seconds for a total of 31622402 SI s.
2016 is a leap year with only 1 leap second for a total of 31622401 SI s.
But according to Stephenson, Morrison, Hohenkerk (2016) the year 1904
was the second longest year ever with a total of 31622401.41 SI s.

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