Michael.Deckers. via LEAPSECS <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 2017-01-30 13:06, Tony Finch wrote: > > > It's tricky. Bulletin C is pretty clear about when it thinks TAI-UTC > > changes: > > > > from 2015 July 1, 0h UTC, to 2017 January 1 0h UTC : UTC-TAI = - 36s > > from 2017 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = - 37s
> Pretty clear? Let's try. What does Bulletin C52 say about the > relationship between UTC and TAI when TAI is equal to > 2017-01-01T00:00:36.5. Y'know, if you are going to argue with one of my messages, it would be more polite not to snip the sentence I wrote which agrees with your points. You wrote a good pedantic analysis of the problem; a pity it wasn't also kind. > Fact is, the statement of Bulletin C52 cannot be true when the value of > TAI is during a positive leap second, but it doesn't say so. > So yes, pretty tricky. https://pairlist6.pair.net/pipermail/leapsecs/2017-January/006737.html : : However, since there isn't any TAI time with a :60 seconds label, it : : doesn't make much sense to have a defined delta for the last UTC : : second of 2016. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <[email protected]> http://dotat.at/ - I xn--zr8h punycode Lundy, Fastnet: Southwest 4 or 5 backing south 5 to 7, perhaps gale 8 later in Fastnet. Moderate or rough, occasionally very rough in Fastnet. Occasional rain. Moderate or good. _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
