Re: [Tzdist] example json snips for systems that count leap seconds
Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> Tue, 13 January 2015 21:43 UTC
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Subject: Re: [Tzdist] example json snips for systems that count leap seconds
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On 01/13/2015 11:43 AM, Martin Burnicki wrote: > From my own experience I'd say an application programmer who is just > interested in an enumeration of leaps second events would expect to > see dates like > > 2015-07-01T00:00:00Z > > instead of > > 2015-07-01T00:00:36Z > > for the leap second events. However, if it's made clear that the times > are TAI, not UTC (is 'Z' correct, then?) I don't think it's correct. TAI is not connected to the rotation of the earth, so it's misleading to say that TAI has days or dates. The IERS uses UTC or JD for dates and times of leap seconds, and we should do the same. UTC is better than JD, as UTC is better-known among non-astronomers.
- [Tzdist] example json snips for systems that coun… Steve Allen
- Re: [Tzdist] example json snips for systems that … Martin Burnicki
- Re: [Tzdist] example json snips for systems that … Steve Allen
- Re: [Tzdist] example json snips for systems that … Paul Eggert