[tz] Fwd: New Version Notification for draft-murchison-rfc8536bis-06.txt

[Steve Allen]

On Thu 2023-03-09T13:30:52-0800 Paul Eggert via tz hath writ:
> Leap Second Table: A record of a series of consecutive leap seconds.
>
> Leap Second Table Expiration: The cutoff time for a leap second table, such
> that the table does not record the presence or absence of leap seconds on or
> after the cutoff. For example, a leap second table published in January,
> which predicts the presence or absence of a leap second at June's end, might
> expire in mid-December because when the table is published it is not known
> whether a leap second will occur at December's end.

Be aware that this six month expiration cycle is a leftover from the
Soviet demands at the inception of leap-seconds and is not explicit in
any regulatory document.  It is tradition, albeit long established.

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