Re: [LEAPSECS] ITU Meeting last year

From: John Cowan <jcowan_at_REUTERSHEALTH.COM>
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 07:47:33 -0500

Clive D.W. Feather scripsit:

> That *is* practical to implement, though coordination might be harder. On
> the other hand, adminstrative areas that are near the edge of a zone now
> could move earlier if they wanted. The world is used to time zones, after
> all.

For that matter, Newfoundland could decide to change its offset from the
current -0330 to -0300 in 2300, and then leave it alone until 2900.
The world would spin on quite unaffected. (Newfie joke suppressed here.)

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