On 11 Apr 2011, at 20:19, Gerard Ashton <[email protected]> wrote:
> If leap seconds are abolished, and Britain decides to maintain an
> approximation
> to mean time 0 degrees longitude, +/- a fraction of a second (modulo time
> zones, as currently defined),
> over time the difference in timekeeping systems will become clearly
> perceptible and clearly
> distinguishable to people with no special equipment beyond a carefully set
> wrist watch.
But note that Britain does not currently have the capability to maintain GMT
since the relevant department was closed decades ago and the institution that
housed it was abolished. If the international consensus is to change UTC then
UK civil time will have to follow.
Tony.
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