[LEAPSECS] Apparent FCC endorsement of dropping leap seconds; FCC seeks comments

[Warner Losh]

On Jan 31, 2014, at 10:30 AM, Peter Vince wrote:


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> On 30 January 2014 23:07, Steve Allen <sla at ucolick.org> wrote:

> >

> > ...

> > The revised text for Radio Regulation 2.5 makes no sense.  If the time

> > scale is defined by SI seconds of cesium without regard to earth

> > rotation then it is unrelated to a date defined on any meridian.

> 

> By trying to be precise, it is just confusing.  Surely the date changes at midnight of whatever timescale it relates to?


Anything else leads to ambiguity, confusion and mayhem... Or at least a lot of WTF just happened moments. POLA is violated.

Warner