On 29 January 2011 23:36, Tom Van Baak <[email protected]> wrote: >> smoothing for that. (As I've said before, stopping leap seconds now >> isn't helpful as it adds yet another mapping/complication, rather than >> removing one) > > This I don't understand. As far as UTC is concerned, isn't the > proposal to stop leap seconds effectively the same as IERS > just not sending out email anymore about when the next leap > second will occur? No java or OS code needs to change.
Correct. But I work on the basis that something else will be added instead to keep the solar day in tune (for example, non-SI seconds in general usage, or leap-minutes). The idea that midday or midnight would cease to have the same meaning to an average person is horrid and I would suggest something that some politicians would get very worked up about. In other words, I flat out don't believe that the tinkering with time would stop simply because leap-seconds were stopped. Stephen _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
