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		nextstep on Aug 29, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why the U.S. Wants To End the Link Between Time an... I read through nearly the whole article before I realized this was from 2005. What ever happened to this proposal?

Codhisattva on Aug 29, 2012 [–]

We just had a leap second June 30 so the proposal must have been scrapped.

edit to add link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second#Proposal_to_abolish...

lmm on Aug 29, 2012 | [–]

As per your link, it's not that the proposal's been scrapped so much as the decision's been postponed until 2015.

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