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I'm not sure, but I think in the year 4000 the [[Gregorian Calendar]] won't work as it does now a days... so this phrase would be irrelevant... could someone check it out? I'm busy... --[[User:Henriquevicente|Henriquevicente]] 01:12, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)Henrique Vicente
:You may be falling into a (popular!) intellectual trap here, namely confusing the length of the day with the length of the year. The two are independent oscillations. Changing the leap-year rule near 4000 (no serious astronomer is confident to predict the exact length of the year that far into the future) would not affect the length of the day after that.
== Frequency of changes ==
The article states that "Historically, leap seconds have been inserted about every 18 months". I did a quick check of the table and it looks like the interval has been 18 months only 5 times, while it has been 12 months 14 times. Might it be better to start that paragraph at "The Earth's rotation rate is unpredictable..."?
Looking at the frequency of updates and the fact that we have gone 7 years without one, the higher frequency up to 1998 would appear to be some sort of gradual 'catch up'. Would that be a correct interpretation?
[[User:82.43.52.87|82.43.52.87]] 16:16, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
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