> The only people who need it are Astronomers.
And anyone that cares about the relationship of the time of day and the position of the Sun.
Granted, it's not a lot, only a minute per century.
And anyone that cares about the relationship of the time of day and the position of the Sun.
Granted, it's not a lot, only a minute per century.
Statistically, nobody on Earth knows what UTC is. People know about their local time zone and how it related to time zones in other countries. Where the position of the sun is relative to UTC, almost nobody knows.
How can people manage with noon off by minutes, yet want leap-second accuracy every 6 months?
But yes, point taken.
The counterpoint is that it costs little.
Radical changes to time-related software cost little ? Stop press !
I haven't once done a single software upgrade related to leap seconds.