Hi Fred,
Thanks for this. Whilst it's good news that there will soon be another leap
second, the article didn't make it clear (to me) that the longer-term proposal
to stop leap-seconds has been abandoned. So might we be cheering too soon?
Regards,
John
The Leap second is back - evidently the current administration's proposal
to eliminate them has not been adopted.
Excellent news indeed for diallists and lovers of solar time but isn't it
rather sad that the link that reported this good news gets its facts wrong
- like so many others you can see
Plans for the eventual elimination of leap seconds are proceeding; see
http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/cgsic/meetings/48thmeeting/Reports/Timing%20Subcommittee/48-LS%2020080916.pdf.
If implemented, the recommendation would probably not go into effect earlier
than about
2017-2018. So we will likely
Hi Patric and all,
2008/12/10 Patrick Powers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Leap second is back - evidently the current administration's proposal
to eliminate them has not been adopted.
Excellent news indeed for diallists and lovers of solar time but isn't it
rather sad that the link that reported
