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"Like UTC but without adding leap seconds" already exists; it's called TAI (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Atomic_Time http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
by SEMW 11y ago
"Like UTC but without adding leap seconds" already exists; it's called TAI (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Atomic_Time http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Atomic_Time)
- lisper 11y agoThen what is really at issue here? Is it really a dispute about whether WWV broadcasts (what is currently known as) UTC or TAI?
- gpvos 11y agoBasically, yes. (Not only WWV, but also DCF77 et al., of course.) Several countries have enshrined UTC in law, so it's a pretty big thing.
- gpvos 11y ago...and just to add that this enshrining in law was most likely done with the general expectation that UTC would keep a close relationship with solar time.