[LEAPSECS] nails in the coffin of mean solar time

[M. Warner Losh]

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            Greg Hennessy <greg.hennessy at cox.net> writes:

: 

: >> A notable difference between these versions and previous ones is 

: >> that the CGPM's UTC shall be interpreted by the Secretary of the Navy 

: >> as well as NIST.

: > 

: > So the final determination of the policy issue (yea or nay on leap 

: > seconds) shall be whether the US military industrial complex believes 

: > there are more risks in continuing leap seconds (tested over 35 years) 

: > or in a boundless DUT1 (never tested, heretofore negligible for many 

: > applications). 

: 

: No, I expect that means that Ken Johnston of the US Naval Observatory 

: will make the call. Or more precisely Dennis McCarthy.


I gather the efforts are a mere technical correction.  I wonder if
there will be a good time to ask at the Time and Frequency Metrology
Seminar at NIST this week :-)

Warner