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Re:Ask HN: How is it that programmers can simply ignore leap... by sla29970 on Saturday January 15, 2022 @12:52PM (#29948535)
Look at the past 250 years where there is not really any clear indication of deceleration https://www.ucolick.org/~sla/leapsecs/dutc.html
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Re:Ask HN: How is it that programmers can simply ignore leap... by vba616 on Saturday January 15, 2022 @10:16PM (#29952919)
It says "Over the passage of centuries the rotation of the earth is being decelerated by tidal friction from the moon and sun"

Are you correcting me, or not, or what is it you are trying to communicate?

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Re:Ask HN: How is it that programmers can simply ignore leap... by sla29970 on Sunday January 16, 2022 @01:15AM (#29953841)
It is possible 8 weeks in advance to predict the difference between UTC and UT1 and keep it less than 0.9 seconds. Nothing more is required by international agreement.
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