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==External links== * [https://tycho.usno.th.mil/cgi-bin/timer.pl Current time]{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} according to the [[bservatory]] (get the current time) * [https://tycho.usno.mil/systime.html Systems of Time]{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} by Demetrios Matsakis, Director, Time Service Dept., [[United States Naval Observatory]] * [http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/leapsec.html USNO article on the definition of seconds and leap seconds] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120611083237/http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/leapsec.html |date=2012-06-11 }} * [http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/leapsecs/timescales.html A history of astronomical time scales] by Steve Allen * [http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/experts-time-division-days-hours-minutes/ Why is a minute divided into 60 seconds, an hour into 60 minutes, yet there are only 24 hours in a day] Ask the Experts β March 5, 2021. SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN {{Time Topics}} {{Time measurement and standards}} {{Timezones}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Time Standard}} [[Category:Time scales| ]] [[Category:Timekeeping]]
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