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The current Bully Row timestamp is:

Template:Hex12

Percentage count to next timestamp is:

( 1598 sec / 3055 sec ) = 52.308%

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What is the Bully Row time system?

The Bully Row time system is neither a clock nor a calendar. Clocks are tied to the rotation of the Earth and measure time in terms of days, and fractions of days (for example: hours, minutes, and seconds). Calendars are tied to changes in the seasons, which result from the orbit of the Earth around the Sun and from the precession of the Earth's rotational axis. Clocks and calendars are used for tracking biological processes such as setting a time to wake up in the morning, or determining when to plant crops.

The Bully Row time system is not tied to the rotation of the Earth, and is only marginally related to the Earth's orbit (in ways that will be explained in an upcoming Youtube video). Since clocks and calendars are tied to the motions of the Earth, and these motions are somewhat irregular, it becomes necessary from time to time to insert leap seconds, or other corrections, to keep clocks and calendars in sync with the Earth's actual motion. The Bully Row time system is not directly tied to the motions of the Earth, and hence, it is never necessary to insert leap seconds or other corrections. The Bully Row time system is directly related to International Atomic Time (TAI), which is the passage of time as measured with atomic clocks.

A unique hexadecimal twelve digit Bully Row timestamp is issued every 3055 seconds TAI. The universe is currently believed to be less than 13.8 billion years old, which means that there are enough unique Bully Row timestamps to span the entire age of the universe.

Each Bully Row timestamp is issued exactly 3055 seconds TAI after the previous one; however, due to leap second corrections, the issuing of Bully Row timestamps may appear to have occurred in less (or more) time when compared with a standard wall clock. To clear up uncertainty, the following table (derived from the Wikipedia "Leap Second" article), lists all leap second insertions that have occurred since the introduction of modern time keeping:

Announced leap seconds to date

Year	30 Jun	31 Dec	Bully Row Timestamp	International Atomic Time (TAI)	Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
1972	+1	+1	8209 28E5 DFFB 8209 28E5 DFFC 8209 28E5 F44F 8209 28E5 F450	1972-06-30 23:34:45 TAI 1972-07-01 00:25:40 TAI 1972-12-31 23:45:05 TAI 1973-01-01 00:36:00 TAI	1972-06-30 23:34:35 UTC 1972-07-01 00:25:29 UTC 1972-12-31 23:44:54 UTC 1973-01-01 00:35:48 UTC
1973	0	+1
1974	0	+1
1975	0	+1
1976	0	+1
1977	0	+1
1978	0	+1
1979	0	+1
1981	+1	0
1982	+1	0
1983	+1	0	8209 28E7 9BC2 8209 28E7 9BC3	1983-06-30 23:44:30 TAI 1983-07-01 00:35:25 TAI	1983-06-30 23:44:09 UTC 1983-07-01 00:35:03 UTC
1985	+1	0	8209 28E7 EC84 8209 28E7 EC85	1985-06-30 23:55:40 TAI 1985-07-01 00:46:35 TAI	1985-06-30 23:55:18 UTC 1985-07-01 00:46:12 UTC
1987	0	+1	8209 28E8 517D 8209 28E8 517F	1987-12-31 23:40:35 TAI 1988-01-01 01:22:25 TAI	1987-12-31 23:40:12 UTC 1988-01-01 01:22:01 UTC
1989	0	+1	8209 28E8 A23F 8209 28E8 A240	1989-12-31 23:51:45 TAI 1990-01-01 00:42:40 TAI	1989-12-31 23:51:21 UTC 1990-01-01 00:42:15 UTC
1990	0	+1	8209 28E8 CA91 8209 28E8 CA92	1990-12-31 23:13:35 TAI 1991-01-01 00:04:30 TAI	1990-12-31 23:13:10 UTC 1991-01-01 00:04:04 UTC
1992	+1	0	8209 28E9 06FF 8209 28E9 0700	1992-06-30 23:14:25 TAI 1992-07-01 00:05:20 TAI	1992-06-30 23:13:59 UTC 1992-07-01 00:04:53 UTC
1993	+1	0	8209 28E9 2F52 8209 28E9 2F53	1993-06-30 23:27:10 TAI 1993-07-01 00:18:05 TAI	1993-06-30 23:26:43 UTC 1993-07-01 00:17:37 UTC
1994	+1	0	8209 28E9 57A5 8209 28E9 57A6	1994-06-30 23:39:55 TAI 1994-07-01 00:30:50 TAI	1994-06-30 23:39:27 UTC 1994-07-01 00:30:21 UTC
1995	0	+1	8209 28E9 944B 8209 28E9 944C	1995-12-31 23:12:05 TAI 1996-01-01 00:03:00 TAI	1995-12-31 23:11:36 UTC 1996-01-01 00:02:30 UTC
1997	+1	0	8209 28E9 D0B9 8209 28E9 D0BA	1997-06-30 23:12:55 TAI 1997-07-01 00:03:50 TAI	1997-06-30 23:12:25 UTC 1997-07-01 00:03:19 UTC
1998	0	+1	8209 28EA 0D60 8209 28EA 0D61	1998-12-31 23:36:00 TAI 1999-01-01 00:26:55 TAI	1998-12-31 23:35:29 UTC 1999-01-01 00:26:23 UTC
2005	0	+1	8209 28EB 27DC 8209 28EB 27DD	2005-12-31 23:45:40 TAI 2006-01-01 00:36:35 TAI	2005-12-31 23:45:08 UTC 2006-01-01 00:36:02 UTC
2008	0	+1	8209 28EB A0F0 8209 28EB A0F1	2008-12-31 23:18:40 TAI 2009-01-01 00:09:35 TAI	2008-12-31 23:18:07 UTC 2009-01-01 00:09:01 UTC
2012	+1	0	8209 28EC 2E04 8209 28EC 2E05	2012-06-30 23:45:00 TAI 2012-07-01 00:35:55 TAI	2012-06-30 23:44:26 UTC 2012-07-01 00:35:20 UTC
2015	+1	0	8209 28EC A6FC 8209 28EC A6FD	2015-06-30 23:32:20 TAI 2015-07-01 00:23:15 TAI	2015-06-30 23:31:45 UTC 2015-07-01 00:22:39 UTC
2016	0	+1	8209 28EC E3BF 8209 28EC E3C0	2016-12-31 23:41:05 TAI 2017-01-01 00:32:00 TAI	2016-12-31 23:40:29 UTC 2017-01-01 00:31:23 UTC
Year	30 Jun	31 Dec
Total	11	16
	27
Current TAI − UTC
37

Javascript Bully Row Timestamps

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<body onload="startTime()">

<h2>Bully Row Galactic Time:</h2>

<div id="txt"></div>

<script>
function startTime() {
  const now = new Date();
  const Jun_21_1998_noon_UTC = 898430400000;
  const TAI_leap_milliseconds = 37000;
  const anchor_byte3 = parseInt("8209", 16);
  const anchor_byte2 = parseInt("28E9", 16);
  const anchor_byte1 = parseInt("F800", 16);

  let Tta = (now.getTime() - (Jun_21_1998_noon_UTC - TAI_leap_milliseconds)) / 30550;
  let Tta_dec = Tta % 100;
  Tta = ((Tta - Tta_dec) / 100) + anchor_byte1;

  let Tta_hex3 = (Tta % 16**4);
  Tta = ((Tta - Tta_hex3) / 16**4) + anchor_byte2;

  let Tta_hex2 = (Tta % 16**4);
  Tta = ((Tta - Tta_hex2) / 16**4) + anchor_byte3;

  document.getElementById('txt').innerHTML =  "<h1>" + Tta.toString(16).toUpperCase().padStart(4, "0") + " " + Tta_hex2.toString(16).toUpperCase().padStart(4, "0") + " " + Tta_hex3.toString(16).toUpperCase().padStart(4, "0") + "</h1>" + " + " + Tta_dec.toFixed(2) + "% (Tta)" + "<br /><br /><br />Your Local Time:<br />" + now;

  setTimeout(startTime, 305);
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

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