Tom Van Baak <t...@leapsecond.com> wrote: > > it doesn't make much sense to have a defined delta for the last UTC > > second of 2016. > > No. > > So I see no reason or need to pick on "delta" as being in an > indeterminate state during a leap second. We have enough exceptions with > leap second handling as it is. Let's not create more confusion.
I think what I was trying to get at (as others have already said in this thread) is that you can use the TAI-UTC delta to translate from UTC to TAI during a leap second, but you need more information to make the inverse translation. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <d...@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ - I xn--zr8h punycode Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea: South or southeast 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 in Irish Sea, veering southwest 4 or 5 later. Moderate or rough, becoming very rough in Fastnet. Occasional rain, fog patches at first. Moderate or good, occasionally very poor at first. _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs