On Mon 2013-01-21T12:13:26 -0700, Warner Losh hath writ: > If it is the current mean solar time, then that ambiguity exists > today without changes to leap seconds. But no sane person would say > that one should get the UTC date wrong because the UTC to GMT offset > is a few hundred milliseconds during that gap.
Yes, the ambiguity exists today, but the difference is always small and it is clear that there is an intentional connection between the time as established by UTC and the date as established by earth rotation in Radio Regulation 2.5. If without leap seconds the ITU-R regulations and recommendations become self-inconsistent then an unfortunate event happening within the day-long ambiguous interval coinciding with a change of insurance policies could be deemed to be covered by none, one, or both policies. In that case "sane" falls victim to "corporate responsibility to the shareholder" of insurers and insured. Lawsuits seem inevitable. -- Steve Allen <s...@ucolick.org> WGS-84 (GPS) UCO/Lick Observatory--ISB Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99855 1156 High Street Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng -122.06015 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
