[LEAPSECS] Leap seconds, precision time, and technical progress

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <4D17A98A.7090104 at yahoo.com>, Michael Deckers writes:


>    The astronomical phenomenon that is used for determining

>    the phase of UTC is the rotation of the Earth, and this

>    is no longer one of the "fundamental vehicles" for

>    synchronization because it is (currently) neither

>    constant nor predictable to a sufficient degree.


Nor is it, for that matter, "universal" in any relevant meaning
of the word.

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