[LEAPSECS] ISO TC 37

[Tony Finch]

Steve Allen <sla at ucolick.org> wrote:

> On Wed 2012-01-18T18:42:03 +0000, Tony Finch hath writ:

> >

> > Actually, no, because what the RGO called GMT and what they disseminated

> > as the official British civil time was the same as UTC from 1972. I expect

> > a court would take this as indicating that "GMT" should be interpreted as

> > "what the duly appointed authority (then the RGO, now the NPL) declares to

> > be the official time".

>

> Duly appointed authority seems to think leap seconds are important

> for official time


You don't say.

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/uk_policy_on_leap_seconds

Tony.
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