[tz] New Yorker article on David Mills and NTP

[Michael H Deckers]

    On 2022-10-04 19:01, dpatte via tz wrote:


> I follow numerous astronomy lists, and there is serious discussion at the IAU (International Astronomical Union) to get rid of leap seconds altogether, and possibly replace them by something else, perhaps leap minutes (or even leap hours) - making them far less common. I believe they expect to make a decision soon, though they have been discussing it for years and had planned to make a decision 2 or 3 years ago.


    The BIPM is now in charge, and the CGPM on 2022-11-15..18
    in Paris will vote on the proposal D on pages 7..8 and 23..24 in
[https://www.bipm.org/documents/20126/66742098/Draft-Resolutions-2022.pdf/2e8e53df-7a14-3fc8-8a04-42dd47df1a04]

    Michael Deckers.