At 07:11 AM 7/7/2005, Mike S wrote...
>To satisfy the pedants out there, UTC is not stepwise (or is time quantum?),
>and does not change by integral seconds; it is continuous. It is the _offset_
>from UT1 which is stepwise integral seconds.
That should of course read "_offset_ from TAI" (to keep
At 12:06 AM 7/7/2005, Tom Clark wrote...
> It was said
> (3) It is called UT1 these days.
>Don't be pedantic. The point is that there are organizations which depend upon
>a time coordinate system which is closely linked to astronomical time. UTx/xMST
>, whatever.
>
> Wrong! UTC is the s
It was said
(3) It is called UT1 these days.
Don't be pedantic. The point is that there are organizations which depend upon
a time coordinate system which is closely linked to astronomical time. UTx/xMST
, whatever.
Wrong! UTC is the stepwise (i.e. with leapseconds) a
