[LEAPSECS] The relation between Easter and leap econds.

[Peter Bunclark]

On Sat, 8 Nov 2008, Ashley Yakeley wrote:


> On Sat, 2008-11-08 at 18:08 -0800, Steve Allen wrote:

> > On Sat 2008-11-08T19:05:37 -0500, Jonathan Natale hath writ:

> > > Does anybody have any thoughts on the effect(s) of the previous and/or

> > > upcoming leap seconds on NTP (v2, v3, and/or v4)?  For example, on

> > > protocols that implement sub-second timers (such as BFD)?  TCP?  IGMPv3?

> >

> > This question is made for the comp.protocols.time.ntp newsgroup.

> > I suggest asking over there.

>

> The Easter computus, by contrast, is right on topic.

>

I think it is; raised from time to time in this list is the capture of
user requirements for time/calendar.
Civil time is for the people; some people have deeply felt beliefs on the
timing of religious festivals; while an overlapping group have deeply felt
beliefs about noon being around the time when the Sun is highest in the
sky.

So a User requirement might be:
The rythms of life, including the orbits of the earth and the moon,
the rotation of the earth, and convenient sub-divisions of the rotation
down to nearly  the limit of human perception, shall be expressed in
a single monotonic calendar.


Pete