> More information on ISO 8601: > > http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html
Those of us who were responsible for Y2K remediation of our respective projects know ISO 8601 inside and out. To bring the conversation back to leap seconds from firkins, fathoms and furlongs, surely one of the strongest reasons to question the wisdom of an entirely unnecessary change to timekeeping is precisely to avoid the possibility of introducing Y2K-like bugs into potentially critical systems the world over. Surely we should characterize and fully understand the implications of our actions *before* we act. Is that really an unreasonable request? Rob Seaman National Optical Astronomy Observatory