On 2017-01-30 21:39, Tom Van Baak wrote:
2017-01-01T00:00:35.5 TAI = 2016-12-31T23:59:59.5 UTC
I do have problems with your notation. You apparently want to say that "whenever TAI assumes the value 2017-01-01T00:00:35.5, then UTC assumes the value 2016-12-31T23:59:59.5" but I do not see which two things are denoted by the two members of your equation, and are supposed to be equal. If the value of the left member is the set { X : TAI( X ) = 2017-01-01T00:00:35.5 } of all points X in spacetime where TAI assumes the value 2017-01-01T00:00:35.5, and similarly for the right member, then in fact you would have a correct equation. But the notation 2017-01-01T00:00:35.5 TAI normally is not taken to mean a set of points in spacetime, but the epoch 2017-01-01T00:00:35.5 with the additional information that it is a value of the TAI time scale.
2017-01-01T00:00:35.5 TAI - 36 s = 2016-12-31T23:59:59.5 UTC
I am completely lost here. If your first equation was A = B, then you are now saying A - 36 s = B. I cannot make sense out of it. If you mean 2017-01-01T00:00:35.5 - 36 s = 2016-12-31T23:59:59.5 then why not say it? My original point was that your arithmetic on datetimes was confused. If the additive group of time values operates on datetimes in the usual manner, then 2017-01-01T00:00:00.5 = 2017-01-01T00:00:00.5 + 0 s = 2017-01-01T00:00:00.5 + (36 s - 36 s) = (2017-01-01T00:00:00.5 + 36 s) - 36 s = 2017-01-01T00:00:36.5 - 36 s = "2016-12-31T23:59:60.5" in your notation as I claimed. But possibly you do not want to use the usual operation of the group of time values on datetimes. I cannot reasonably comment on your posts it unless you specify rigorously which operations you mean. Michael Deckers. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs