[time-nuts] The future of UTC

[Steve Rooke]

On 16 July 2011 03:01, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk at phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:
> 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.

And if it's not needed?

Steve
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