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I think you're looking for TAI. UTC = TAI + Leap Seconds (unless I'm missing some minor detail). You don't know how many seconds lie between arbitrary UTC time
by themulticaster 5y ago
I think you're looking for TAI. UTC = TAI + Leap Seconds (unless I'm missing some minor detail).
You don't know how many seconds lie between arbitrary UTC timestamps in the future, but you do know how many seconds lie between arbitrary TAI timestamps in the future.
- echelon 5y agoExactly. The position of the sun doesn't matter that much. Many locations already do daylight saving and would actually prefer to switch their clocks to "saving time", which moves the sun to a point that isn't highest at noon. (As if it actually mattered to keep the sun fixed.) We can always calculate where the sun and stars were positioned if we care.