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The current Bully Row timestamp is:

Template:Hex12

Percentage count to next timestamp is:

( 1896 sec / 3055 sec ) = 62.062%

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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	8209 28E5 F450 8209 28E6 1CA2	1973-01-01 00:36:00 TAI 1973-12-31 23:57:50 TAI	1973-01-01 00:35:48 UTC 1973-12-31 23:57:38 UTC
1974	0	+1	8209 28E6 1CA3 8209 28E6 44F4	1974-01-01 00:48:45 TAI 1974-12-31 23:19:40 TAI	1974-01-01 00:48:32 UTC 1974-12-31 23:19:27 UTC
1975	0	+1	8209 28E6 44F5 8209 28E6 6D47	1975-01-01 00:10:35 TAI 1975-12-31 23:32:25 TAI	1975-01-01 00:10:21 UTC 1975-12-31 23:32:11 UTC
1976	0	+1	8209 28E6 6D48 8209 28E6 95B6	1976-01-01 00:23:20 TAI 1976-12-31 23:30:50 TAI	1976-01-01 00:23:05 UTC 1976-12-31 23:30:35 UTC
1977	0	+1	8209 28E6 95B7 8209 28E6 BE09	1977-01-01 00:21:45 TAI 1977-12-31 23:43:35 TAI	1977-01-01 00:21:29 UTC 1977-12-31 23:43:19 UTC
1978	0	+1	8209 28E6 BE0A 8209 28E6 E65C	1978-01-01 00:34:30 TAI 1978-12-31 23:56:20 TAI	1978-01-01 00:34:13 UTC 1978-12-31 23:56:03 UTC
1979	0	+1	8209 28E6 E65D 8209 28E7 0EAE	1979-01-01 00:47:15 TAI 1979-12-31 23:18:10 TAI	1979-01-01 00:46:57 UTC 1979-12-31 23:17:52 UTC
1981	+1	0	8209 28E7 0EB0 8209 28E7 4B1C	1980-01-01 01:00:00 TAI 1981-06-30 23:19:00 TAI	1980-01-01 00:59:41 UTC 1981-06-30 23:18:41 UTC
1982	+1	0	8209 28E7 4B1D 8209 28E7 736F	1981-07-01 00:09:55 TAI 1982-06-30 23:31:45 TAI	1981-07-01 00:09:35 UTC 1982-06-30 23:31:25 UTC
1983	+1	0
1985	+1	0
1987	0	+1
1989	0	+1
1990	0	+1
1992	+1	0
1993	+1	0
1994	+1	0
1995	0	+1
1996	0	0
1997	+1	0
1998	0	+1
2005	0	+1
2008	0	+1
2012	+1	0
2015	+1	0
2016	0	+1
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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