[LEAPSECS] what happened in Geneva

[Ian Batten]

On 6 Mar 2012, at 08:56, Warner Losh wrote:


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> On Mar 6, 2012, at 12:41 AM, mike cook wrote:

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>> Le 06/03/2012 03:42, Steve Allen a écrit :

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>>> Note with great amusement that radio regulation 2.5 defines the

>>> concept of UTC date using terminology directly derived from the

>>> rotation of the earth.  (What other option is there?)

>> Thanks for the references Steve. I  that note with some dismay, but no surprise, that recommendation COM/60 includes in the invitation to WRC15 "whether by the modification of UTC " which could lead to another stalemate, but with delight that no reference to UTC was included in that to ITUR, leaving the possibility of de-connecting a     future continuous time scale. 

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>>  Is anyone taking bets on the resolution of the conflict in 2015? 

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> I'll put a fiver on "refer for further study" but without the sound and fury of this go round.


By 2015 there will have been several more leapseconds, including at least one which is not on Dec 31.  Which will make the "this is an urgent crisis that must be resolved" argument a little less convincing.  My bet would be on "that's the end of the matter".

ian

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