[LEAPSECS] leapseconds on trains

[Nero Imhard]

On 2011-11-17, at 19:57, Ask Bjørn Hansen wrote:


> Count me in with the uninformed then and please help inform us.  (Just to be clear here; I'm completely serious - I understand the general concept of course, but I genuinely don't understand the specific use cases for having leap seconds).


I would say that the use case is quite irrelevant. The use case dictates the choice of time scale, not the other way. Fundamentally changing the definition of a time scale is an insult to those who have made a deliberate choice, regardless their numbers or importance. It makes proper engineering impossible.

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