On Fri, 7 Jan 2011, Rob Seaman wrote: > > It is a requirement - a description of the problem space - that manifold > human activities are loosely or tightly coupled to the synodic day.
Which? UTC with leap seconds is tightly coupled to the day. Atomic time adjusted with a locally-determined timezone offset is loosely coupled to the day. Both satisfy the requirement. The second solution is simpler. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <[email protected]> http://dotat.at/ HUMBER THAMES DOVER WIGHT PORTLAND: NORTH BACKING WEST OR NORTHWEST, 5 TO 7, DECREASING 4 OR 5, OCCASIONALLY 6 LATER IN HUMBER AND THAMES. MODERATE OR ROUGH. RAIN THEN FAIR. GOOD. _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
