Leap Day

Fri Mar 1 15:37:22 UTC 2024

Here's a link to the full article for anyone that's not a sub to NYT:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/29/science/leap-day-easter.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZU0.5Thd.N-PiRNtpSr2c&smid=url-share

On Fri, Mar 1, 2024 at 12:39 AM Jay R. Ashworth <jra at baylink.com> wrote:

> Late, just saw the posting on BlueSky:
>
> In the wake of NTP inventor Dave Mills' death, probably the next ranking
> topchimer is NIST's Judah Levine, and the New York Times interviewed him
> about
> why we have leap years, which makes sense; all the other news outlets had
> to
> make do with lower-ranking (and less well spoken) "time experts" (I'm
> lookin'
> at you, NPR...)
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/29/science/leap-day-easter.html
>
> Cheers,
> -- jra
>
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