Warner Losh wrote:

> The current ITU proposal would have the effect of moving the coupling of the 
> Earth's rotation from the time that is broadcast (now called UTC) to the 
> timezones that local governments promulgate.

This would be chaos for anyone needing to compare timestamps in different 
locales and eras.  If a simple table of second-scale adjustments is deemed 
unacceptable, how about squabbling over timezone policies for many thousands of 
nations, provinces, states and cities?  The point is that the common UTC makes 
these negligible now, but wouldn't later because it is being demoted to take 
the place of TAI.

> While not explicitly stated in the proposal something like this would 
> naturally happen every few hundred years.

There is nothing natural about it and whatever plan is developed the ITU should 
explicitly include massive issues like this in the process.

The ITU has no plan.  The ITU has performed nothing that even vaguely resembles 
due diligence.

> I'd be willing to agree that "Coupling of Civil time to the earth is 
> required."

Great!  Consensus!

> Coupling of the successor to UTC isn't required, or at least there's not 
> consensus that it is required.

As there is no consensus that it isn't required...

Rob

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