I don't have time at the moment to comment on the more substantial
discussions. A quick clarification:
I said:
>> Leap seconds are discussed very prominently in a very short document.
Ken Pizzini asks:
> Are you referring to the GPS World article which triggered the
> current discussion, or some other document that I should know about?
I was referring to the definition of UTC:
"Standard-frequency and Time-signal Emissions",
CCIR Recommendation 460-4 (1986)
This is available (for a price) from http://www.itu.int. It has been
asserted that this document is the fundamental controlling international
agreement. Since different countries still tie their civil timescales
to other standards such as GMT, it is arguable whether a civil time
standard exists at all.
Rob Seaman
National Optical Astronomy Observatory
