[LEAPSECS] The ends we seek

[Tony Finch]

Stephen Colebourne <scolebourne at joda.org> wrote:

>

> Some have suggested that leap seconds could be absorbed as a "permanent

> offset change". One of the proposals that should be written up is how that

> would work.


What is not obvious about it?

At the moment, if the people in a country or region don't like the
alignment between their clocks and the sun, they can use their political
processes to change their timezone offset and/or DST rules.

This will continue to be the case if leap secondds are abolished.

Tony.
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