[LEAPSECS] ISO TC 37

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <20120116195909.GA6631 at lake.fysh.org>, Zefram writes:


>A well-deserved bitch slap for ITU.  Would it be in scope for the

>upcoming ITU meeting to adopt a modified version of the proposal,

>replacing "Coordinated Universal Time" with "International Time"?

>Or is it an all-or-nothing deal?


It would require a lot of editorial work in a LOT of international
documents (rules for shipping hazardous goods, rules for passenger
planes, rules for telecom traffic accounting etc) not to mention
to laws in a number of countries.

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