[LEAPSECS] "old UTC" and "new UTC"

[Warner Losh]

On Mar 25, 2012, at 12:08 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:


> In message <20120324205441.GA9809 at ucolick.org>, Steve Allen writes:

> 

>> There is also the interesting assertion that in the US the NBS was

>> responsible for frequency and USNO was responsible for time.

> 

> I have heard that stated also by Prof. Dave Mills.


I've also heard it from different people in the timing community.  Usually not in glowing terms.  In some cases, I thought they were joking about how bad US government bureaucracy  can get...

Warner