On Mon Jan 9 12:55:32 EST 2017, John Sauter wrote: "I don't understand what you mean when you say "Leap seconds are really only a need for those who do not want to see the proleptic gregorian calendar become universal." I would have no objection to the proleptic Gregorian calendar becoming universal (though I would not force it on anyone who did not like it) and yet I am a supporter of leap seconds."
Maybe that is the real difference between you as a supporter, and me as an opponent of leap seconds. I mean if leap seconds are abolished, then the gregorian calendar is implicitly forced on, because of the implicit connection between the international atomic timescale, and the gregorian calendar. I really do not see a moral problem in abolishing leap seconds, and that way implicitly forcing the gregorian calendar on the scientific community.
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