[LEAPSECS] Affect of Y2K on programmers' attitude toward time documents

[Gerard Ashton]

One effect I recall from the Y2K prevention effort actually relates to 
29 February 2000. There was considerable discussion among programmers as 
to whether that date existed or not, and there was enough disagreement 
among the computer language manuals and the like that programmers lost 
confidence in publications directed toward the software community, and 
sought primary sources such as Inter gravissimas and the British 
Calendar (New Style) Act 1750. I suspect this rude awakening to the need 
to inspect primary sources may be adding to the present discontent with 
the lack of transparency of the ITU, and the inability to obtain what 
public documents they have for free or for reasonable prices.

Gerry Ashton
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