The wikipedia page on UTC makes a point of describing the origin of the term "UTC" and cites some recent references which have not seemed to be in agreement with older documents. I have recently acquired some early CCIR texts.
I believe that the story of the term "UTC" is told in the 1978 proceedings surrounding CCIR Rec. 536. I now have a synopsis of the CCIR proceedings for that and other years at http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/leapsecs/timescales.html#UTC The bottom line is that CCIR 536 did recommend "UTC" for use independent of language, but they did so in consideration of and citing the usage of that term by the CGPM. This bit of history is strangely commensurate with Terry Quinn's suggestion in the most recent issue of Metrologia that the ITU-R should relinquish authority of UTC to the CGPM. -- Steve Allen <[email protected]> WGS-84 (GPS) UCO/Lick Observatory--ISB Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99855 1156 High Street Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng -122.06015 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
