I agree. TAI is simpler and seems better suited to be the fundamental time counting mechanism at the OS level. There was an interesting HN thread along these l

I agree. TAI is simpler and seems better suited to be the fundamental time counting mechanism at the OS level. There was an interesting HN thread along these lines back when the current impending leap second was announced: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8840440 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8840440