In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ed Davies writes:
>Rob Seaman wrote:

>So I'd say there are really three options being debated:
>
>1. leap seconds.
>
>2a. leap hours.
>
>2b. give lip service to leap hours for now but actually be leap
>     free in practice.

Four really, some of us say:

3. Realize that the Earth is a lousy clock and go entirely atomic.

But for all practical purposes the difference between 2b and 3 is
not something I (need to) care about.

Poul-Henning

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