[LEAPSECS] ISO TC 37

[Steve Allen]

On 2012 Jan 16, at 12:46, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

> ITU hasnt said anything about leapseconds since the last ratification

> of TF.460


They have said things twice since 460-6.  There was a press release
on 2005-11-11
http://www.ras.org.uk/images/stories/ras_pdfs/Leap%20Seconds%20press%20statement.pdf
and there is the press release from last fall which was just reiterated
this week as part of the press room coverage for WRC-12.
http://www.itu.int/net/newsroom/wrc/2012/reports/atomic_time.aspx

What the ITU-R has said shows that its organization is willing to
advance non-consensual proposals to the level of international
regulations.  This is much as in 1970 when they also disregarded
calls from international scientific organizations.
                                                                                
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