On Dec 7, 2011, at 4:13 AM, Ian Batten wrote: > > On 7 Dec 2011, at 0748, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > >> In message <[email protected]>, Rob Seaman >> writes: >> >>>> I wonder where he got the idea that death and birth certificates are UT1 >>>> too. >> >> Or for that matter, what difference it could possibly make ? >> >> Birthdays do not even get adjusted with/for timezones: You are >> born and die on civil time, > > Which of course takes us round in circles, because in some countries civil > time _is_ UT1.
My main point is UT1 is a very specific, technical specification. Most countries specify mean solar time, of which UT1 is but one realization. UT2 is also a realization. Why then specify that UT1 is required is what I'd like to know. Warner _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
