From 339e81d1ade620e70ecc78c2b4ec1309a6b80a2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 17:19:21 -0700 Subject: [PROPOSED] =?UTF-8?q?Mention=20Levine=E2=80=99s=20proposal=20to?= =?UTF-8?q?=20replace=20leap=20seconds?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit * tz-link.html: Cite Levine 2024. Also, mention musl libc. --- theory.html | 3 ++- tz-link.html | 11 +++++++++-- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/theory.html b/theory.html index fafc6d4f..10281af1 100644 --- a/theory.html +++ b/theory.html @@ -1344,7 +1344,8 @@ timekeeping that there are plans to discontinue them by 2035. Even if these plans come to fruition, a record of leap seconds will still be -needed to resolve timestamps from 1972 through 2035. +needed to resolve timestamps from 1972 through 2035, +and there may also be a need to record whatever mechanism replaces them.

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The tz code and data are by no means authoritative. If you find errors, please -send changes to tz@iana.org, +email changes to tz@iana.org, the time zone mailing list. You can also subscribe to it and browse the resolved in 2023 to cooperate with this process. -However, there is still no consensus on how exactly to get rid of them. +A proposal +to change the leap-second adjustments to Coordinated Universal Time +(doi:10.1088/1681-7575/ad6266) +would replace leap seconds with 13-second leap smears occurring once per +decade until 2100, with leap smears after that gradually increasing in size. +However, there is still no consensus on whether this is the best way +to replace leap seconds. -- 2.43.0