Re: [LEAPSECS] leap seconds in art

From: Peter Bunclark <psb_at_ast.cam.ac.uk>
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 09:30:30 +0100 (BST)

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006, Joe Fitzgerald wrote:

> Steve Allen wrote:
> > Artist Felicity Hickson created a documentary of 23 people speaking
> > for 23 seconds each.
>
> Did any of them start talking at 23:59:37 31 December 2005 UTC? If so,
> how long did they end up talking?

The duration was timed in SI seconds, of course, rather than attempting
the error-prone process of subtracting two calendar dates.
>
> -Joe Fitzgerald
>

Pete.
Received on Sat Jun 24 2006 - 01:31:10 PDT