[LEAPSECS] What's the point?

[Mark Calabretta]

On Fri 2011/02/11 16:20:22 -0000, Tony Finch wrote
in a message to: Leap Second Discussion List <leapsecs at leapsecond.com>


>> It's been a while...  Can you remind me why we will need to continue

>> to pretend that there are 86400 SI seconds in a day, past the time

>> when there are actually 86401 (or more)?

>

>At 2.5ms/cy that'll be in 40,000 years. I hope you don't mind if I think

>it's irrelevant.


Well yes, as I said

  the "quadratic blow out" in leap seconds is a specious argument
  which should be rejected

That applies to time zones just as well as leap seconds.

Regards,
Mark Calabretta