[LEAPSECS] Schedule for success

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Wed Dec 31 03:10:17 EST 2008


In message <62AE92E0-8CF7-494D-96A4-E1EBAE4BA0E5 at noao.edu>, Rob Seaman writes:

>M. Warner Losh wrote:



>But GMT has a

>clear definition tied to - Hush my mouth! - the position of the mean

>sun in the sky.


No it does not, GMT wandered several seconds when the 0° longitude
were moved away from he observatory.

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