Re: [LEAPSECS] Accommodating both camps

From: Ed Davies <ls_at_EDAVIES.NILDRAM.CO.UK>
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:19:04 +0000

James Maynard wrote:
> ....
> I wonder, though, whether those in the other camp would find it
> acceptable to have the standard time and frequency stations not only
> broadcast UTC and DUT1 (= UT1 - UTC, to 0.1 s resolution), but also to
> broadcast DTAI (= TAI - UTC, 1 s resolution)?
> ....

A full implementation needs not just the current DTAI value
but also the full history, for conversion of past date/times.

Ed.
Received on Tue Jan 24 2006 - 09:20:21 PST