On Thu 2003/01/30 18:52:51 -0000, Ed Davies wrote
in a message to: LEAPSECS_at_ROM.USNO.NAVY.MIL
>But, would it be practical to change now? For example, is it not
>likely that there are many existing systems which assume UTC-TAI
>is an integer?
Yes, this is what I meant when I said that the burden will fall on
clockmakers and timekeeping software, and why I expect a decadal
leadin.
However, the French Revolutionaries did it faster!
http://webexhibits.org/calendars/calendar-french.html
http://www.ce.ufl.edu/~chiep/metric.html
Mark Calabretta
ATNF
Received on Thu Jan 30 2003 - 20:22:41 PST