[LEAPSECS] IEC 61850 raises the stakes

[Steve Allen]

On Sun 2017-11-19T16:22:13-0800 Steve Allen hath writ:
> The wikipedia article on Leap second has recent edits reporting on
> activity of the International Electrotechnical Commission during
> the past few years and at their meeting last month in New Orleans.
> Most of the cited documents are proprietary to IEC patrons.
> The summary in wikipedia indicates that ITU-R advised IEC to use TAI,
> but IEC refused and expects the ITU-R to change UTC.

But the scars are evident in the wikipedia edit history and especially
in the wikipedia talk page

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Leap_second

This is some of the clearest confirmation that parties intend to make
a change to UTC in closed sessions, and that the United States is a
leader among those parties.

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