[LEAPSECS] LEAPSECS Digest, Vol 45, Issue 3

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Thu Sep 2 16:08:51 EDT 2010


In message <3B33E89C51D2DE44BE2F0C757C656C8809437936 at mail02.stk.com>, "Finklema
n, Dave" writes:


>In other words, if UTC changes and is

>still called UTC, the new definition would be the statutory requirement.

>Every process and system developed for the previous definition would be

>illegal.


Unless of course, if the nature of the change was to make the presently
non-compliant, and therefore presumably illegal, systems compliant and
thus legal :-)

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