The proposal is that UTC no longer be tied to the rotation of the Earth. If UTC is decoupled from leap seconds, presumably to make things easier for some activist group, then the rest of us will have to go back to GMT.
We inhabit the Earth, not some computer simulation. Bill Hawkins -----Original Message----- From: Max Robinson Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 4:54 PM I wonder if they are just going to let it drift or keep it in some kind of sync so sunrise won't eventually occur at 1 AM local clock time. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Schultz" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 5:46 AM I received this notice on the Solar Eclipse mailing list. I am re-posting it here since it seems to be a subject of interest to members of the time-nuts list, at least those who live close to Washington, DC or are willing to travel. Dan Schultz N8FGV ************************************************************************ * Future of Time at DC AAS meeting The announcement for a AAS splinter meeting on the leap second / UTC issue is appended. We welcome the participation of members of the solar eclipse community who will be attending the AAS meeting or who may be located near Washington, DC. AAS registration is not required to participate. Please forward the announcement to anybody you think might be interested in the future of solar time. Rob Seaman NOAO -- _______________________________________________ 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.
