Trying to be a Grammar Nazi

krumia

Flame suit on! Everyone seems to be talking about the leap second problem. But I tell you, the term should not be 'leap second', but leap day. Rationale: When a year gets longer (by adding a day), we call it a leap year. It's a longer year than others. An earth day is not exactly 86400 seconds. That's because the earth's rotation varies due to people farting, tidal waves, and other things. So people add a second to the day. This is done at midnight UTC (end of the day), on the last day of either of months March, June, September, December. Most of the time it is done on December. So as we are having a longer day than other normal ones, we should call it a leap day. Flame suit expires at 2012-12-31 23:59:60 UTC

PIEBALDconsult

A Leap Day (February 29) is what is added to a Leap Year. A Leap Second is something else, maybe you want to say we add it to a Leap Minute or a Leap Hour?

Lost User

krumia wrote:

Trying to be a Grammar Nazi

Take lessons off Dave.... ;)

Dirk Higbee

Shouldn't we Look before we Leap? :)

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Dalek Dave

take lessons from Dave surely?

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Chris Losinger

weak. a real grammar Nazi would put offenders into giant ovens, not complain about them behind a pseudonym! and this isn't a grammar issue. lucky for you, i'm not a Nazi.

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peterchen

In German, the day is the Schalttag, and the year affected is the Schaltjahr. By analogy, both leap second and leap day are possible. By further analogy, leap day may lead to confusion with the colloquial use, so it is safer to stick to leap second. If you want to be rational about it, don't ignore reality.

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Lost User

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