[fitsbits] Leap Second questionnaire

[Arnold Rots]

At the risk of appearing flippant, it would be a lost minute, not a
leap minute ;-)

  - Arnold

Steve Allen wrote:
> 
> On Mon 2002-06-24T16:41:23 +0000, Rob Seaman hath writ:
> 
> > Aside from the staggering change of perspective resulting from such
> > a situation, much astronomical software currently assumes that UTC is
> > an approximation to GMT and the cost in time and money of updating this
> > software would rival, if not dwarf, the expense of Y2K to the community.
> 
> At the risk of seeming flippant, I post part of my response to IERS
> 
> ...
> I propose that UTC should stay as it is.
> I propose that in about 30 years, when TAI and UTC differ by
> exactly one minute, that civil time be changed from UTC to TAI.
> The entire world can hold a colossal leap minute party to celebrate
> the event.
> 
> It's not to early to start planning that party.
> 
> --
> Steve Allen          UCO/Lick Observatory       Santa Cruz, CA 95064
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Arnold H. Rots                                Chandra X-ray Science Center
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