Re: [LEAPSECS] GMT -> UTC in Australia

From: Clive D.W. Feather <clive_at_demon.net>
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 08:13:06 +0000

Rob Seaman said:
> No reasonable standard can be based on constraining the behavior of our
> descendants 600 years hence.

In what way is the requirement "|DUT| <= 0.9s" not "constraining the
behaviour of our descendants 600 years hence"?

While I understand your argument about the name UTC:
* *EVERY* approach requires constraining the behaviour of our descendants
  600 years hence, just in different ways;
* "Universal" Time is a *really* stupid name for a time scale based on
  the variable rotations of one small piece of rock.

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