I had the impression that it was the International Earth Rotation Service (www.iers.org), also headquartered in Paris, that was in charge of leap seconds, as stated here http://www.iers.org/nn_11252/IERS/EN/DataProducts/EarthOrientationData/bulC__MD.html Thanks, Donald ============================= Donald E. Eastlake 3rd +1-508-333-2270 (cell) 155 Beaver Street Milford, MA 01757 USA d3e3e3@xxxxxxxxx On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Marshall Eubanks <tme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Jan 21, 2011, at 3:48 PM, Clint Chaplin wrote: > >> Hey, Paris lobbied heavily to have the Prime Meridian be fixed in Paris. That would have really made them the center of the navigational world. >> > > Yes, and then they got the BIH, which got them the power to change GMT to UTC. (GMT no longer has any official existence.) > > Marshall > >> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 12:37 PM, todd glassey <tglassey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 1/21/2011 10:22 AM, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: >>> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Ole Jacobsen <ole@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> Does anyone see the irony of us even discussing concerns about, of all >>> things, FOOD when it comes to Paris? >>> >>> What else is there to discuss in Paris? >>> >> Making Paris the center of the world - ever look at French Navigation Charts - relative to Admiralty charts from any other nation? >> >> Todd >> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Website: http://hallambaker.com/ >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ietf mailing list >>> >>> Ietf@xxxxxxxx >>> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf >>> >>> >>> No virus found in this message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 10.0.1191 / Virus Database: 1435/3394 - Release Date: 01/21/11 >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ietf mailing list >> Ietf@xxxxxxxx >> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Clint (JOATMON) Chaplin >> Principal Engineer >> Corporate Standardization (US) >> SISA >> _______________________________________________ >> Ietf mailing list >> Ietf@xxxxxxxx >> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf