[LEAPSECS] "China move could call time on GMT"

[Steve Allen]

On Wed 2012-01-04T18:43:54 +0000, Tony Finch hath writ:

> No, the changes to UTC will have no effect on the calendar.


Happy New Year!

How did I tell that it became the new year?
By the civil calendar date changing from Dec 31 to Jan 1.
How did I tell when the civil calendar date changed?
By looking at my clock set using UTC, which is, at present, connected
to the rotation of the earth, and thus to days.
The draft revision of ITU-R TF.460 removes the connection between UTC
and the rotation of the earth, thus disconnecting the civil calendar
date from the sun.
That's the sound bite that the reporters are not getting.

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