On Thu, 17 Feb 2011, Mark Calabretta wrote: > > That said, if leap second insertions were simply deferred for 10 > years, DUT1 would probably grow to no more than about 6s (even > including deceleration), which seems much preferable to letting it > grow without limit.
If you do that then DUT1 will be large enough to cause problems for all the people that assume UTC ~= UT1, and if they can deal with those problems they can deal just as well with unbounded DUT1. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <d...@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ North Bailey, Fair Isle, Faeroes: Mainly easterly or southeasterly 5 to 7, perhaps gale 8 later. Rough or very rough. Rain or showers. Good, occasionally poor. _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
