At 2008-12-18 23:50 -0700, Rob Seaman wrote:
GPS is a very popular brand name that could certainly be used as a component of a successful campaign to market a new concept of civil timekeeping.
Please, no. I've had to spend a lot of time explaining the difference between GPS time as used in the satellite constellation and UTC as reported from a GPS receiver. Unless, that is, when leap seconds are abolished that GPS and UTCng are to be synchronized. I had intended that as a flippant remark; but if civil time is to shift to an atomic scale then it will diverge from solar time. A one-off step of a few seconds would trumpet the change in time keeping. -- Pete Forman -./\.- Disclaimer: This post is originated WesternGeco -./\.- by myself and does not represent pete.for...@westerngeco.com -./\.- the opinion of Schlumberger or http://petef.22web.net -./\.- WesternGeco. _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
