[LEAPSECS] Caveat emptor!

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <A16E7750-1180-4F21-A2AE-0C80348CCAC2 at noao.edu>, Rob Seaman writes:


>> Greg Hennessy writes:

>> 

>>> My philosophy is that if you want/need TAI, you know where to find it.

>> 

>> I would generally agree, but I can see the sense in keeping the

>>fundamental timescale free from legislation.

>

>So which is it?  Do we humbly petition our wise legislators, or

>do we strain mightily to evade their odious fetters?


UTC *is* the timescale that has been legislated already.

Therefore it is also the timescale where the disruptive effects of
leap seconds must be fixed.

Why would you want to tangle further timescales up in international
politics is beyond me...

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