[LEAPSECS] No leapseconds on trains

[Daniel R. Tobias]

On 17 Nov 2011 at 11:20, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:


> But the really interesting thing to remember here, is that if you

> "asked the railroads about leap seconds", what are the chances you

> would get somebody on the other end of the line, who knew that the

> MVB standards would have to be revised, and _all_ compliant devices

> have to be reworked, retested and recertified to the new standard,

> in order to *continue* leapseconds ?


It seems rather bizarre that they'd have to *change* a standard in 
order to *keep on following* the standard that's been in effect since 
1972, namely the use of leap seconds.


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