Re: [LEAPSECS] UT1 offset

2023-12-25 Thread Steve Allen
On Mon 2023-12-25T00:25:07-0800 Hal Murray hath writ: > Who uses DUT1 via radio? Who will be using it 50 years from now? > > Is it needed for anything other than navigation and astronomy? UT1 is not needed for navigation if the almanacs switch their tabulations to use the time scale that is

Re: [LEAPSECS] prep for WRC 23

2023-12-25 Thread Michael Deckers via LEAPSECS
   On 2023-12-22 22:35, Seaman, Robert Lewis - (rseaman) wrote: E pur si muove    Natura non facit saltus -- why should UTC? UTC may no longer serve as a kind of solar time (after 2026 or 2035, or somebody said 2040 the other day), but civil time will continue to have engineering

[LEAPSECS] UT1 offset

2023-12-25 Thread Hal Murray
>>> . Please keep DUT1 less than 100 seconds. >> They /really/ dont want to ever see a leapsecond or leapminute, do they ? > I'd love for them to have 6 digits for the offset.. .99. Why try to make that field big enough? Why not just drop it? Who uses DUT1 via radio? Who will be using