On 2023-11-29 10:15, Steve Allen via tz wrote:
On Tue 2023-11-28T23:31:18-0800 Paul Eggert via tz hath writ:
Should TZif leap-second tables have no expiration date if leap seconds are discontinued, as draft -09 suggests?
That seems best.
Asserting a specific date like 2100 is inconsistent with the inability to predict changes in every other aspect of time zone information.
And the second is expected to be redefined in CODATA 2030 or earlier publication using better frequency standards than caesium - possibly strontium. [Reminds me - CODATA 2022 - should it not be out by now?] -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada La perfection est atteinte Perfection is achieved non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter not when there is no more to add mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer but when there is no more to cut -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry