[LEAPSECS] Germany supports UTC as we know it

[Michael Deckers]

   For those who read German:

     "Und auch Deutschland wird nach Auskunft des
      Bundeswirtschaftsministeriums, wo die deutsche
      Position bestimmt wird, für den Erhalt der UTC
      und der Schaltsekunde plädieren, wenn es zur
      Abstimmung kommt."

   (And Germany will also plead for the preservation
   of UTC and the leap second, if there is a vote,
   according to information from the federal ministry
   of economy which decides the German position.)

   Full story at [http://www.faz.net/-gqz-6wtrw].

   Interestingly, Andreas Bauch, a chief scientist
   at the German metrology institute, PTB, is quoted
   as being in favor of a continuous civil time
   without leaps, but not under the name UTC.

   Michael Deckers.