Agreed. Most of the IERS (International Earth Rotation Service) products are available on this page: http://maia.usno.navy.mil/
Bulletins A, C, and D may be of some general use. Bulletin C issued today announced there will be no leap second on 2011-12-31. Bulletin A predicts difference of UTC and UT1 up to one year in advance with other data. Bulletin D defines the value of DUT1 (difference of UTC and UT1 rounded to 0.1 s) as broadcast by WWV and other time services; it is issued a month in advance of changes. The format of these bulletins is quite regimented, and time systems that need the data can use shell scripts to collect and parse the data, or humans can read and interpret them. There is therefore some investment in the status quo. If it ain't broke, don't break it. ________________________________ From: Martin Vlietstra <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, July 8, 2011 3:53:11 PM Subject: [USMA:50844] Re: Stretching the second I don’t think so – the earth is slowing down and the rate of slow-down can be measured. It follows therefore that the earth therefore cannot be used as THE clock by which time is defined. ________________________________ From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: 08 July 2011 20:18 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:50843] Re: Stretching the second If we only made the Metric clock, the Standard, we would have perfect time always... http://www.minkukel.com/en/time/metric_clock.htm I have the Metric Time app as my main clock on my Droid https://market.android.com/details?id=com.spwebgames.clockinfo&feature=search_result Bruce E. Arkwright, Jr Erie PA Linux and Metric User and Enforcer I will only invest in nukes that are 150 gigameters away. How much solar energy have you collected today? Id put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we dont have to wait til oil and coal run out before we tackle that. I wish I had a few more years left. -- Thomas Edison♽☯♑
