Re: [LEAPSECS] Footnote about CCITT and UTC

2008-12-14 Thread Tony Finch
On Fri, 12 Dec 2008, Zefram wrote: > > [ISO 8601 is] neutral about whether and when leap seconds may occur: > that's an application issue. The timezone designators are specifically > described as being relative to UTC, but it is more consistent with the > rest of the standard to treat that mention

Re: [LEAPSECS] Footnote about CCITT and UTC

2008-12-14 Thread Zefram
Tony Finch wrote: >I can't see anything in ISO 8601-2000 or -2004 that supports "vague UT". >Both versions of the standard are quite specific about times of day being >UTC or at a specific offset from UTC. Quoting from ISO 8601:2004(E). Start with the most fundamental definition, section 2.1.1:

[LEAPSECS] Fwd: Pete Bunclark

2008-12-14 Thread Rob Seaman
Some sad news. Peter Bunclark who was active on this list has passed away. Folks on both sides of the Atlantic will remember him fondly. Rob -- From: World Wide Web Date: 11 December 2008 10:47:43 GMT Subject: Pete Bunclark I am very sorry to have to report that Pete Bunclark passed away