> I think that is the BIPM (http://www.bipm.org/en/home/) in association > with the IERS (http://hpiers.obspm.fr/) > > Peter > > > On 28 March 2010 10:29, Steve Rooke <[email protected]> wrote: > > What puzzles me is who is the keeper of "legal time" for the other > > 93.4% of land mass and 95.5% of population of the World other than the > > US.
_By definition_ (ITU-R-TF.460-4, Annex 1), the keeper of UTC is BIPM with assistance from the IERS. But "legal time", being a national matter, is something quite different and might or might not be aligned with UTC, depending on the individual nation state. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
