On Wed 2012-01-04T18:43:54 +0000, Tony Finch hath writ: > No, the changes to UTC will have no effect on the calendar.
Happy New Year! How did I tell that it became the new year? By the civil calendar date changing from Dec 31 to Jan 1. How did I tell when the civil calendar date changed? By looking at my clock set using UTC, which is, at present, connected to the rotation of the earth, and thus to days. The draft revision of ITU-R TF.460 removes the connection between UTC and the rotation of the earth, thus disconnecting the civil calendar date from the sun. That's the sound bite that the reporters are not getting. -- 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
