Clive D.W. Feather <[email protected]> wrote: > Markus Kuhn said: > > > > I don't think the authority of ISO to define what calendar we use is > > any higher than (say) the authority of Wikipedia on such matters. They > > both are merely widely-respected committees reporting on what the > > current consensus is. > > Indeed. This is clearly something in the remit of national governments. > See, for example, 24 Geo.2 c.23 or the decision of the National Convention > on 1793-10-24.
Individual national governments don't have much authority to legislate calendars - the Easter Act 1928 is a nice example. It's a matter of international consensus, and the world is much bigger and more interconnected than in the 1500s. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <[email protected]> http://dotat.at/ Rockall, Malin: Northwest 5 to 7, decreasing 4 at times. Rough or very rough. Thundery showers. Moderate or good. _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
