On Wed 2003-01-29T14:49:14 -0500, John Cowan hath writ:
> > Who needs to know about a leap second more than half a year in advance
> > but has no access to a time signal broadcasting service (the better ones
> > of which all carry leap second announcement information today)?
>
> Any isolated system that it isn't practical to upgrade every six months.
Please explain why this requirement is not confounded every time your
legislature decides to mess with the start and stop of summer time
(with a year's notice because of the olympics, or with a week's notice
because the war effort is going badly, or whatever).
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Steve Allen UCO/Lick Observatory Santa Cruz, CA 95064
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