Rob Seaman <[email protected]> wrote: > > No. The words "Universal Time" will be ambiguous. Under any given > circumstances listeners will ask whether their usage in a document > refers to the redefined UTC, or to the original UTC (documents are > forever), or to some other variation such as GMT or UT1 or UT2, or just > to the general concept of a timescale stationary with respect to the > synodic day.
I see no big difference from the current ambiguity of the terms UT and GMT and UTC. You seem to be complaining that people who don't care about precision will use imprecise terms ambiguously. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <[email protected]> http://dotat.at/ Rockall, Malin, Hebrides, Bailey: Westerly or southwesterly 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 in Bailey at first, decreasing 4 in Malin and east Hebrides later. Rough or very rough. Squally showers, rain later. Moderate or good. _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
