On Mon, 16 Feb 2009, Steve Allen wrote: > > And that means that the POSIX epoch encompasses almost as much > proleptic fantasy as the use of UTC (or GMT) for the 1601 epoch. The > observatory at Greenwich wasn't commissioned for another 75 years, not > until after 3 coronations and a civil war. I barely want to mention > Microsoft's use of the 0001 epoch in .NET
And the Airey transit circle didn't exist until 1850. The observatory at Kew provided official time for London from about 1770. I don't know when Greenwich took over that job. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <d...@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ GERMAN BIGHT HUMBER: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7. MODERATE OR ROUGH. SQUALLY SHOWERS. MODERATE OR GOOD. _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
