[time-nuts] Future of Time splinter meeting atAmericanAstronomical Society

[Bill Hawkins]

The proposal is that UTC no longer be tied to the rotation of the Earth.

If UTC is decoupled from leap seconds, presumably to make things easier
for some activist group, then the rest of us will have to go back to
GMT.

We inhabit the Earth, not some computer simulation.

Bill Hawkins

-----Original Message-----
From: Max Robinson
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 4:54 PM

I wonder if they are just going to let it drift or keep it in some kind
of 
sync so sunrise won't eventually occur at 1 AM local clock time.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Schultz" <n8fgv at usa.net>
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 5:46 AM


I received this notice on the Solar Eclipse mailing list. I am
re-posting it
here since it seems to be a subject of interest to members of the
time-nuts
list, at least those who live close to Washington, DC or are willing to
travel.

Dan Schultz N8FGV

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Future of Time at DC AAS meeting

The announcement for a AAS splinter meeting on the leap second / UTC
issue 
is appended. We welcome the participation of members of the solar
eclipse
community who will be attending the AAS meeting or who may be located
near
Washington, DC. AAS registration is not required to participate. Please
forward the announcement to anybody you think might be interested in the
future of solar time.

Rob Seaman
NOAO
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