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Report on findings of UK public dialogue on leap seconds

Leap seconds: report on findings of the UK public dialogue.

• From: National Measurement Office and The Rt Hon Greg Clark
• Published: 3 February 2015

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Image: ‘Clockwork earth’ courtesy of Ben Gilliland , editor CosmOnline.

The UK government held a public dialogue to understand how the public feels about the connection between the sun and time. The National Measurement Office (NMO) has launched a report summarising the findings of this public dialogue, which has helped inform policy on this issue. All four strands of the public dialogue indicated that the public has a strong preference for continuing to use leap seconds to maintain the link between time and the sun.

Read the report on the leap seconds public dialogue.

Read previous communications on leap seconds.

Published 3 February 2015