On Feb 1, 2007, at 8:42 AM, M. Warner Losh wrote: > This whole monthly thing, while technically allowed in the UTC > standard, as a practical matter won't happen for a long, long time.
The lack of care taken worldwide in implementing this standard is a large reason the rather silly proposal for leap hours has arisen. Pick some other random standard - residential plumbing or electrical wiring or what have you. How much patience would we have if simple, explicit provisions were ignored? The June/December, March/September wording of the document serves as a pragma - a hint to Daniel Gambis. The rest of us really ought to be prepared to accept a leap second on any schedule permitted by the standard. The word "practical" is taken to have a very strange meaning in civil timekeeping. Rob _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
