Paul, Paul Hirose writes: > I distribute a Windows astronomical toolbox DLL which includes time > scale conversions. Since astronomy often requires analysis of old > data, the DLL can deal with pre-1972 UTC. I won't get into the dispute > over whether or not that's bona fide UTC! However, the IERS and USNO > recognize it as such, so I assume the user will expect time > conversions to work in that era. (I have never needed that capability > myself.)
When we get a bit more down the road with NTF's General Timestamp API, I'd appreciate your taking a look at what we're doing and helping out in any way you are up for. One of the issues that will need more attention is pre-1972 stuff. -- Harlan Stenn <[email protected]> http://networktimefoundation.org - be a member! _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
