[time-nuts] The future of UTC

[Chuck Harris]

Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message<4E2046DB.3040206 at erols.com>, Chuck Harris writes:
>> Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>
>> I can see a 20 year prediction being seriously fraught with error.
>
> Not really, starting out with just one leap second every 18 months
> gets you pretty good first approximation.  DUT1 would probably still
> be less than 3 seconds.

I would be happy with a solution that didn't shift my local noon by
more than what the time-zones do already... Now if we could just do
away with daylight savings time.

>> I am not at all happy with the idea of
>> having it magically stall, or stutter. That's something for some
>> library function to keep track of after the fact.
>
> That is exactly my point:  With 6 months notice, getting the
> libraries updated using regular software update channels is not
> feasible.

We are in complete agreement on that!

-Chuck Harris