The European CEPT Electronic Communications Committee
ruminates on the leap second situation at ITU-R WRC-15
http://apps.ero.dk/eccnews/jan-2015/wrc-15-universal-time.html
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Steve Allen WGS-84 (GPS)
UCO/Lick Observatory--ISB Natural Sciences II, Room 165Lat
Looks like there is still work in progress even this close to the WRC.
ECC seems to be recommending what I consider to be the least bad option
on the table, but I am not sure that the individual European
governments, who in the end are those that vote, are all in the same
boat. IIRC France was f
It says -
"Until now the solution has been to introduce a 'leap second', in other
words to stop 'official/scientific' time (Co-ordinated Universal Time,
'UTC'), for one second every so often."
Hold the phone. "to stop 'official/scientific' time"?!? How worrisome is
it that the chair of the c
In message <54c8b26d.6050...@edlmax.com>, Brooks Harris writes:
>It says -
>
>"Until now the solution has been to introduce a 'leap second', in other
>words to stop 'official/scientific' time (Co-ordinated Universal Time,
>'UTC'), for one second every so often."
>
>Hold the phone. "to st
Le 28.01.2015 11:09, Poul-Henning Kamp a écrit :
>
> In message <54c8b26d.6050...@edlmax.com>, Brooks Harris writes:
>
>> It says - "Until now the solution has been to introduce a 'leap second', in
>> other words to stop 'official/scientific' time (Co-ordinated Universal Time,
>> '
Point taken. Sorry. They probably do understand it, and just made a
careless statement.
But too many folks don't get it. I think its because the specs are not
clear in the first place and the misunderstandings have been piling up
in mismatched applications for years. Somebody somewhere needs t
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Le 28.01.2015 11:09, Poul-Henning Kamp a écrit :
In message <54c8b26d.6050...@edlmax.com>, Brooks Harris writes:
It says - "Until now the solution has been to introduce a 'leap
second', in other words to stop 'official
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Le 28.01.2015 11:09, Poul-Henning Kamp a écrit :
In message <54c8b26d.6050...@edlmax.com>, Brooks Harris writes:
It says - "Until now the solution has been to
On 2015-01-28 05:49 AM, Brooks Harris wrote:
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