Re: [LEAPSECS] Bulletin C number 43

2012-01-06 Thread Clive D.W. Feather
Poul-Henning Kamp said: > This leapsecond is scheduled on a saturday, if they had used december past > it would have been one of the more special fridays in the year, so it > may be a concern for minimizing impact on commerce. /me is confused 2011-12-31 was a Saturday. I was there. 2012-06-30 wil

Re: [LEAPSECS] Bulletin C number 43

2012-01-05 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message , Rob Seaman writes: >I had been expecting one this December just past, not next. Indeed, but I notice three details: This leapsecond is scheduled on a saturday, if they had used december past it would have been one of the more special fridays in the year, so it may be a concern for m

Re: [LEAPSECS] Bulletin C number 43

2012-01-05 Thread Rob Seaman
mike cook wrote: > Le 05/01/2012 15:39, Zefram a écrit : >> Markus Kuhn wrote: >>> A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2012. >> Slight surprise there. It's the obviously-correct scheduling to minimise >> |UT1-UTC|, but IERS has been favouring December in recent years, >>

Re: [LEAPSECS] Bulletin C number 43 (fwd)

2012-01-05 Thread Tom Van Baak
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Re: [LEAPSECS] Bulletin C number 43 (fwd)

2012-01-05 Thread mike cook
Le 05/01/2012 15:39, Zefram a écrit : Markus Kuhn wrote: A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2012. Slight surprise there. It's the obviously-correct scheduling to minimise |UT1-UTC|, but IERS has been favouring December in recent years, and there was plenty of slack to

Re: [LEAPSECS] Bulletin C number 43 (fwd)

2012-01-05 Thread Zefram
Markus Kuhn wrote: > A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2012. Slight surprise there. It's the obviously-correct scheduling to minimise |UT1-UTC|, but IERS has been favouring December in recent years, and there was plenty of slack to postpone this leap until December. (Ac

[LEAPSECS] Bulletin C number 43 (fwd)

2012-01-05 Thread Markus Kuhn
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