A new talking point from a long time listener, first time caller: Begin forwarded message:
> From: "Seago, John" > Subject: It just occurred to me... > Date: January 18, 2012 6:39:05 PM MST > > It just occurred to me that, if the ITU votes to abolish leap seconds, > some people may think that takes decision effect immediately and will > not attempt to account for the June leap second (or subsequent ones up > to 2018). So not only would one have to be aware of future leap > seconds, but also one would need to be aware of when they would stop. > > Note that 460-7 says nothing about "old UTC" other than it stops in five > years; however, the specification for "old UTC" 460-6 will be officially > deprecated and inactive. This creates a 5-year nether-region of UTC > definition that will almost certainly create more issues in the near > term than had nothing happened at all. > > J.Seago
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