[LEAPSECS] Terminology question

[Steve Allen]

On Tue 2010-03-09T17:07:01 +0000, Tony Finch hath writ:

> Is there a generic term for timescales like POSIX time_t and NTP that

> count seconds (or some other interval) since an epoch without taking

> leap seconds into account?


mean solar time

thus, by action of the International Meridian Conference and the IAU
and the CGPM,

Universal Time

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