[LEAPSECS] the big artillery

[Brooks Harris]

On 2014-11-04 03:35 PM, Steve Allen wrote:
> On Tue 2014-11-04T20:27:53 +0000, Zefram hath writ:
>> The name "Coordinated Universal Time" and initialism "UTC" are used
>> in the IAU 1967 resolutions, referring to the rubber-seconds system.
> And that resolution explicitly refers to the content of the new CCIR
> Recommendation 374-1 which uses the phrase "Universal Time UT2" and
> does not use the term "UTC".
>
> Today's animated discussions about unclear terminology and lack of
> congruence between agencies are nothing new.
No. And its frustrating. It calls for an effort to consolidate, 
centralize, and clarify the specifications.

-Brooks

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