Jon Pretty

@alexcruise @propensive @d6 @n8han @viktorklang that's what he said: arbitrary :)

@dcsobral of course, with an orbital period of ~365.2422 days, some corrections are necessary. /cc @propensive @d6 @n8han @viktorklang

@dcsobral also note that Earth's rotation isn't exactly 24h but we can't redeclare H/M/S as var. :) /cc @propensive @d6 @n8han @viktorklang

@alexcruise @propensive @d6 @n8han @viktorklang besides, do what Java 8 does: make seconds longer or shorter. Nobody cares besides scientist

@dcsobral WAT /cc @propensive @d6 @n8han @viktorklang

@alexcruise @dcsobral @d6 @n8han @viktorklang It would take decades before anyone noticed wall-clock time didn't match the stars.

@alexcruise @dcsobral @d6 @n8han @viktorklang Why not just have a leap-minute every century or so? Can't be worse than Y2K, for example!

@alexcruise @dcsobral @d6 @n8han @viktorklang People who care about seconds probably need to be aware of this too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leapsecond.ut1-utc.svg …