On Tue, 20 Dec 2005, Rob Seaman wrote:
> On Dec 20, 2005, at 1:30 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>
> > There is an interesting PowerPoint (sigh...) at Schriever AFB's GPS
> > support center:
> >
> > https://www.schriever.af.mil/GpsSupportCenter/archive/advisory/
> > Leap_Second_Event.ppt
>
> Agreed. Very interesting.
> ...
> An interesting observation:
>
> - Leap second occurs at an awkward time - New Years Eve
>
> Maybe obscurity in scheduling and implementation is not a desirable
> characteristic after all.
The same paradigm suggests a new definition of UTC,
strengthening its link to UT1 down to 0.09s, and
switching from leap seconds to leap tenths of a
second. This aims at making leap intervals a rule
and not an exception. Tens of a second are as easy
(or as difficult) to implement as leap seconds,
their instantaneous impact is 10 times lower and
since only automated systems are really affected,
the increased frequency of their occurrence is not
an issue.
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