From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2012-07-26T02:36:50+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:46768] Re: [ruby-trunk - Bug #6749] rdoc of Time class (incorrect explanation of leap seconds)

On Jul 25, 2012, at 6:24 AM, sto.mar@web.de wrote:
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Ok, you have convinced me.

> Proposal: either (in order of preference)
> 
> 1) correct to "...is based on *atomic* time..."
> 
> 2) correct to "is based on *the SI definition of the second and*
>   days are not exactly *86400 SI seconds* or 24 hours long"
> 
> 3) correct to "...is *not based* on solar time..."

Since the leap seconds are added to put the sun roughly overhead when 12:00 rolls around, none of these seem to relate to "why leap seconds?" in a direct way without a few more sentences about TAI, UT1, UTC and their relationships.

> 4) leave out the explanation and link completely

I'll go with this last option. I think using Wikipedia's definition is preferable to maintaining our own.