February 10, 2020
#2266: Leap Smearing
[Cueball, Ponytail, and Hairy are looking up at a digital clock on a wall. It displays the time in white on a black background, with a logo on the frame beneath the time.]
3:02 AM
Cueball: Why do the clocks say it’s 3AM?
Ponytail: Adding an extra day creates too many glitches. Instead, we’re just running our clocks 3.4% slower during February, to avoid the irregularity.
[Caption below the panel:]
This year, Google has expanded their leap second “smearing” to cover leap days as well.