Stephen, > As I've been saying for years, what we need (desperately) is a > standard for smearing, aka 86400 subdivision days.
But that's part of the charm in smearing -- that there's no one way to do it, and you're free to modify it as you wish. > My preference is UTC-SLS, but I don't really care so long as it is an agreed > standard. UTC-SLS has always been a good example why an inflexible academic standard is a bad idea. > I know that many find smearing offensive, but its timet o move on and > get the standard written. > > Stephen Smearing is fine. It's a practical solution to an intractable problem. But forcing everyone to implement it the exact same way misses the point. You can't create a standard for your favorite set of time applications and then try to force it upon everyone else's time applications. /tvb _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
