[LEAPSECS] BBC article
Poul-Henning Kamp
phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Fri Nov 4 12:32:02 EDT 2011
In message <4ab5657d3f8c31a3611f1221e0195b4e.squirrel at mx.pipe.nl>, "Nero Imhard
" writes:
>Somewhat interesting read"
>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15546124
>
>One thing stood out: "... 13 countries, including the Unites States,
>France, Italy and Germany, want a new time-scale that does not have leap
>seconds."
>
>That may give the impression that those countries oppose changing UTC
>(they want a new time-scale instead) but I am afraid it's journalistic
>confusion.
Doesn't that match the result of the informal poll ?
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