On 01/17/2012 02:08 AM, li...@lazygranch.com wrote:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but UTC gets "corrected" from time to time, but many things depend on GPS time to be consistent (no jumps), so they can't adjust it.
The way the GPS set of gears works, they need a continuous linear time internally. The UTC correction mechanism was added later.
It makes sense to create a unique internal time-scale and adjust to external time-scales later. It's not bad to have their own internal time-scale which one has control over, the key aspect lies in being able to relate it to other time-scales in a known and predictable fashion, if needed.
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