[time-nuts] The future of UTC

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <CACTjVNy8h2EtHR_M6DquxhABhJb9NfgyauhJcN1bf-UMH+KhDQ at mail.gmail.com>
, Steve Rooke writes:

>Ah! I get you. Not 10 leap seconds at 20 year intervals, just an
>almanac to indicate when they will be for up to 20 years in advance. I
>guess that means they could take a bye for any scheduled event that is
>not required, as in the 7 year period without one.

Nope, once they have scheduled a leap-second, it happens.

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