April 27, 2021
12:27 a.m.
On Mon, 26 Apr 2021 16:03:59 -0400, John_Sauter via tz wrote:
Based on the way the Earth has been rotating recently, the next leap second will be around the end of this decade, and it will be a negative leap second.
What kind of hopeless nerd does it make me that I find this an exciting prospect? I’ve taken negative leap seconds to be a nearly completely hypothetical idea, even though I have nevertheless coded diligently to account for the possibility.