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[Ntp] Antw: Re: Antw: [EXT] Re: CLOCK_TAI (was NTPv5: big picture)

Ulrich Windl <Ulrich.Windl@rz.uni-regensburg.de> Mon, 11 January 2021 07:33 UTC

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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 08:33:23 +0100
From: Ulrich Windl <Ulrich.Windl@rz.uni-regensburg.de>
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Subject: [Ntp] Antw: Re: Antw: [EXT] Re: CLOCK_TAI (was NTPv5: big picture)
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>>> Steve Allen <sla@ucolick.org> schrieb am 08.01.2021 um 17:57 in Nachricht
<20210108165734.GA30192@ucolick.org>:

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> Until there is international agreement that the calendar day is not
> determined by observing the earth rotate the best strategy for a time
> system is to follow the lead of the original participants and use a
> TAI‑like time scale as the basis.

I'm afraid that won't happen, as it will create problems on the long term.
You could use TAI, but you still need leap-second information.

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