Comment Comment by yen223 I don't think we can predict ahead of time whether we'll need a leap second or notIf the question is "why bother syncing time to Earth's orbit around the sun at all", I don't have a good answer for that except at this point, it's tradition. parent yen223 4 months ago
If the question is "why bother syncing time to Earth's orbit around the sun at all", I don't have a good answer for that except at this point, it's tradition.