On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Tom Van Baak wrote:
have no leap seconds. Astronomers appear to avoid
using MJD altogether.
Good grief. MJD is used widely in astronomy, for example in variablility
studies where you want a real number to represent time rather than deal
with the complications of parsing a
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Peter Bunclark writes:
On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Tom Van Baak wrote:
have no leap seconds. Astronomers appear to avoid
using MJD altogether.
Good grief. MJD is used widely in astronomy, for example in variablility
studies where you want a real number to represent time
On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Peter Bunclark writes:
On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Tom Van Baak wrote:
have no leap seconds. Astronomers appear to avoid
using MJD altogether.
Good grief. MJD is used widely in astronomy, for example in variablility
On Jan 10, 2006, at 9:17 AM, Peter Bunclark wrote:On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Peter Bunclark writes: Good grief. MJD is used widely in astronomy, for example in variablility studies where you want a real number to represent time rather than deal with
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rob Seaman writes:
2. Julian Date (JD)
[...] For that
purpose it is recommended that JD be specified as SI seconds in
Terrestrial Time (TT) where the length of day is 86,400 SI seconds.
Let me see if understood that right: In order to avoid computing
problems
On Mon, 9 Jan 2006, Tim Shepard wrote:
wot, no attribution of quotes?
and you still cannot even get it [TAI] reliably from your
I still think NTP should have distribute TAI, but I understand using
Was your failure to form a past-participle a Freudian slip? I'm with you
if you really mean NTP
I still think NTP should have distribute TAI, but I understand using
Was your failure to form a past-participle a Freudian slip? I'm with you
if you really mean NTP should distribute TAI!!!
Uh, probably yes. I didn't even see the grammer error when I re-read
it the first time just now.
Tim Shepard scripsit:
[many sensible opinions snipped]
leap hours are a horrible idea, whether they be leap hours inserted
in to some UTC-like global standard, or by local jurisdictions.
I understand what's wrong with the former kind, but what's wrong with
the latter? Why do you think they
