Well, they'll get a _little_ more time on 31 December... ;-)
Brian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Van Baak" <tvb_at_LEAPSECOND.COM>
To: <LEAPSECS_at_ROM.USNO.NAVY.MIL>
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 3:42 PM
Subject: [LEAPSECS] BBC - Leap second talks are postponed
> BBC News, 9 November 2005, 08:36 GMT [sic]
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4420084.stm
>
> "Consideration of a proposal to redefine everyday timekeeping
> by scrapping leap seconds - small changes made to clock
> time - has been postponed. A working party weighing the
> proposed change to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) has
> decided more time is needed to build a consensus on the
> issue." ...
>
> /tvb
>
Received on Tue Nov 15 2005 - 17:21:25 PST