[ntp:hackers] "Vote To Eliminate Leap Seconds" (slashdot)

Paul Vixie paul at vix.com
Tue Nov 20 19:39:20 GMT 2007


"As discussed on Slashdot previously, there is a proposal to remove leap
seconds from UTC (nee 'Greenwich' time). It will be put to a vote to ITU
member states during 2008, and if 70% agree, the leap second will be
eliminated by 2013. There is some debate as to whether this change is a good
or bad idea. The proposal calls for a 'leap-hour' in about 600 years, which
nobody seems to believe is a good idea. One philosophical point opponents make
is that the 'official' time on Earth should match the time of the sun and
heavens."

http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/20/0356214


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