[LEAPSECS] TI incunabula

[Rob Seaman]

M. Warner Losh wrote:


> Poul-Henning Kamp writes:

>

>> I can live with International Time as a name, but would far prefer

>> to have it be Terrestial Time, so it names the rock in question.

>

> Or better yet, Earth Terrestial Time or Earth Normal Time or

> Commercial Time, since TT already is an abbreviation for some other

> timescale...


Um...TT is the abbreviation for "Terrestrial Time".

It isn't the rock that places requirements on civil timekeeping, it is  
our internationally diverse civilization that derives requirements  
from the rock.  For instance, the Mars rover project derives  
additional requirements from another rock.

Rob