Nick Hilliard <nick@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Abolishing leap seconds kicks the can down the road as far as this is > concerned. And while it's tempting to push this sort of decision down > on future generations, they're not going to love us for it in a couple > of hundred years if they need to adjust by an hour to get solar time in > sync with UTC again. Yes. > Of course, you can talk about this and say that it's a theoretical > nicety, but it will also break the tie between TAI and UTC at that > stage, which invalidates most of Phillip's arguments to some degree or > other - not to a degree that affects us here and now, but that will > affect humankind in the future. No, a timezone change (or rather a series of timezone changes) doesn't affect the relationship between UTC and TAI. The changes don't even need global co-ordination. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <dot@xxxxxxxx> http://dotat.at/ Sole, Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea, Shannon: West 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 later in Irish Sea. Moderate or rough, occasionally very rough except in Lundy and Irish Sea. Occasional rain or drizzle. Good, occasionally poor. _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf