Hi Eight years is an eternity in internet time. If you look at the number of “IoT” gizmos they think will be fielded, its a massive number of autonomous systems. To a great extent they are even more crazy to update than desktop or rack mount systems.
By 2020, this whole issue may be … errr …. past it’s time. Bob > On Nov 19, 2015, at 9:56 PM, Pete Lancashire <p...@petelancashire.com> wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Richard B. Langley <l...@unb.ca> > Date: Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 7:08 AM > Subject: UTC Leap Seconds to Continue Until at Least 2023 > To: cansp...@listserv.unb.ca > > > Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to retain “leap second” > > New reference time scale to be considered by World Radiocommunication > Conference in 2023 > > Geneva, 19 November 2015 – The ITU World Radiocommunication Conference > (WRC-15), currently in session in Geneva from 2 to 27 November, has decided > that further studies are required on the impact and application of a future > reference time-scale, including the modification of coordinated universal > time (UTC) and suppressing the so-called “leap second”. > > More: https://www.itu.int/net/pressoffice/press_releases/2015/53.aspx > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > | Richard B. Langley E-mail: l...@unb.ca > | > | Geodetic Research Laboratory Web: http://gge.unb.ca/ > | > | Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Phone: +1 506 453-5142 > | > | University of New Brunswick Fax: +1 506 453-4943 > | > | Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3 > | > | Fredericton? Where's that? See: http://www.fredericton.ca/ > | > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > [To unsubscribe from CANSPACE, send the following message to < > lists...@unb.ca> (DO NOT send it to CANSPACE) using the same e-mail address > you used to subscribe to CANSPACE initially: SIGNOFF CANSPACE. If you do > not receive a confirmation within a day or so, re-send your request to < > g...@unb.ca>.] > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
