[LEAPSECS] The relation between calendars and leap seconds.

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <79C80FD0-71B0-4A2B-B8AB-29DB8160B197 at noao.edu>, Rob Seaman writes:

>Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

>



>However, surely the point of coupling TI with the zoneinfo notion -  

>just for the sake of argument - is to simply start distributing TI  

>instead of UTC.  Then UTC - a flavor of Universal Time, an alias for  

>Greenwich Mean Time (which as you say is far from "eradicated") -  

>remains available for those who need it.

>

>The adoption of TI would be massive and immediate.


And illegal on many systems, including all USGOV owned and operated
systems.

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