On Oct 16, 2014, at 3:39 PM, Rob Seaman <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Oct 16, 2014, at 3:02 PM, Matsakis, Demetrios 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> I'd like to take the opportunity to ask this crowd what they think of the 
>> statements below:
> 
> What I think is that the subject of this message is an inaccurate depiction 
> of the situation.
> 
> The proposal from the Torino meeting in 2003 was to “evolve from the current 
> UTC Standard by transition to Temps International (TI)”.  UTC would not be 
> renamed, rather another time scale would be created.  UTC itself could remain 
> for backwards compatibility.  Since TI would be a new timescale different 
> characteristics would be fair game, including an absence of leap seconds.  
> The ITU would then simply recommend TI instead of UTC.
> 
> Nothing would be renamed.  Nothing would be redefined.

Nothing would change.

Warner


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