[ntp:questions] Purpose of a leap second file?
John Hasler
jhasler at newsguy.com
Sun Mar 4 17:15:57 UTC 2012
I wrote:
> [UTC] localizes TAI to this particular planet.
unruh writes:
> That makes it sound as if TAI is some God given time.
There being no god, nothing is god-given.
> It is not. It was developed and defined in the context of precisely
> this planet.
It is based on universal physical constants rather then on the motion of
a particular object.
> If there is a timekeeping species somewhere else in the universe, I
> promise you they will NOT use TAI.
They probably will use something similarly derived from physical
constants.
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John Hasler
jhasler at newsguy.com
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA
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