On Wed 2011-11-16T21:32:01 +0000, Peter Vince hath writ: > The concept is simple: "from > day X, there will be no leap-seconds in civil time, and that timescale > will be known as <insert name here>."
There is a semantic blur in this statement. As things stand in, for example, Canada, civil time in Quebec has leap seconds, but civil time in the other provinces does not. Even way back in 1884 the delegates recognized that no international accord could dictate the nature of civil time in any jurisdiction. A brief glance at the archives of the tz mail list will quickly make it evident that civil time remains a zoo of unruly inhabitants. The ITU-R has authority over the nature of the time scale recommended for use in radio broadcasts. The manner in which that corresponds to civil time is a matter left to the local authorities. -- 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
