[LEAPSECS] New time scale name

ashtongj ashtongj at comcast.net
Fri Aug 13 08:06:23 EDT 2010


For more information about one of the radio time and frequency stations, see

http://www.nist.gov/physlab/div847/grp40/wwv.cfm

Gerry Ashton

On 2010-08-13 7:44 AM, p at 2038bug.com wrote:

> This is very interesting.

> But I do notice the words "supposed to" and "could cause".

> Would you be able to find out more about how these systems use these

> ticks end-to-end?

> Are these ticks currently synced to UTC? If so, then how? Or do they

> have standalone clocks?

> Who uses these ticks? For what? Do the systems that use it count time

> and do they need that time to be in sync with other systems?

> -paul

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