> Marshall Eubanks > So UTC would become a YATSCOT (Yet another time scale > with a constant offset to TAI.) Indeed, why not use TAI instead in the first place? > I am not aware of any RFCs for sextant based celestial > navigation (which WILL have to change). If UTC was to change, that could mean some confusion for some sextant users I know who, before using their sextant, check their watch drift against the time provided by, ahem, their GPS receiver. Michel. _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf