On Jun 18, 2011, at 10:45 AM, Ian Batten wrote: > > On 17 Jun 2011, at 18:19, Steve Allen wrote: >> >> The CCTF realizes that some misunderstanding exists regarding >> the scope of application of the various time scales. It >> stresses that TAI is the uniform time scale underlying UTC, >> and that it should not be considered as an alternative time >> reference. > > That paper claims that GPS time follows UTC (USNO) "modulo one second". I'm > trying to think of any meaning of the word "modulo", be it from discrete > mathematics, HAKMEM or anywhere else, with which that makes sense. Can > anyone hazard a guess at the meaning that is intended?
fabs(fmod(UTC,1.0) - fmod(GPS, 1.0)) < 1e-6 Warner _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
