On 2017-01-28 17:33, Steve Allen wrote:
BBC radio Crowd Science took a listener question about What is the Real Time? and produced a half hour tour that included three atomic Time Lords Whibberley, Matsakis, and Arias. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04q778b and concluded pretty much saying that we have a choice.
Thanks for that link! I find it remarkable that Arias in effect stated that the discontinuities of the difference TAI - UTC happen at the beginning of leap seconds, so that positive leap seconds are labeled as the second 59th seconds of a minute. Neither the ITU definition of UTC nor the IERS bulletins about leap seconds specify that detail, unfortunately. She is also stated to call leap seconds a "dangerous thing" -- as soon as this is substantiated (such as by a loss of health connected with a computer misinterpretation of leap seconds) it will be a powerful argument for their abolition. Michael Deckers. _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
