[LEAPSECS] drawing the battle lines

[Tony Finch]

Rob Seaman <seaman at noao.edu> wrote:

>

> >> 	10. the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service

> >> (IERS) provides a means of accessing UT1 in real-time by means of

> >> routinely available predictions of UT1-UTC with precision 100 000

> >> times better that the coarse approximation UT1 = UTC currently

> >> provided by means of coding UTC to match UT1 within 0.9 second;

>

> This is irrelevant and is meant to imply that any issues with

> implementing a redefined UTC will be minor.  They will not be minor for

> my community.


I gathered from the report of the meeting that the IAU is happy with the
idea of abolishing leap seconds.

Tony.
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