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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">That's my recollection also with some
countries more adamant about it than others. From memory, the
decision was contentious and was postponed to later (2016?) <br>
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The leap second acts like a leap year in correcting the drifts in
our time measurements.<br>
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On 11/09/2013 10:29 PM, Clive D.W. Feather wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">David Patte ??? said:
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<pre wrap="">I believe in the astronomy world there is a motion in front of the IAU
to drop leap seconds altogether and let UTC drift apart from UT1
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Actually, it's the astronomers who want to keep leap seconds; just about
everyone else wants rid of them.
But please can we reserve this debate to the leap seconds mailing list; I
really don't want to read it twice.
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