>>> ..... Please keep DUT1 less than 100 seconds. >> They /really/ dont want to ever see a leapsecond or leapminute, do they ? > I'd love for them to have 6 digits for the offset.. 9999.99.
Why try to make that field big enough? Why not just drop it? Who uses DUT1 via radio? Who will be using it 50 years from now? Is it needed for anything other than navigation and astronomy? I assume astronomers will have a network connection. Do ships listen to WWV or similar to get DUT1? How many ships are big enough to need DUT1 for navigation yet small enough that they don't have GPS? Another option would be to drop the high digits. Fill them in with firmware the same way that software now fixes GPS WNRO glitches. (That would take an extra line of code if you have to go both forward and backward.) 2 digits of seconds would be good for 50 old-leaps either way. Or you could make it 75 one way and 25 the other... --------- I poked >Who uses DUT1?< into Google. It found: https://www.ucolick.org/~sla/navyls/0907.html Who uses DUT1? From: Tom Van Baak <tvb_at_LEAPSECOND.COM> Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 10:18:42 -0700 The by-thread index doesn't show that thread. Google found Steve Allen's reply. https://www.ucolick.org/~sla/navyls/0900.html Re: Who uses DUT1? From: Steve Allen <sla_at_UCOLICK.ORG> Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 23:31:52 -0700 Both are in the by-date index. Steve discussed astronomy and navigation. -- These are my opinions. I hate spam. _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
