In message <cactjvnxhfq79n3fvprs4xyen4ouc6w7q9ih1u2kisfg9d_f...@mail.gmail.com>
, Steve Rooke writes:
>Well, instead of leap seconds which seem to be the biggest bug bear
>for everyone, keep the second as 1/86,400 of the earths current
>rotation and adjust the factor used in the calculation of atomic time
>on a regular basis. 

We tried that in the 1960-ies, and it didn't work for anybody at all.

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