[LEAPSECS] LEAPSECS Digest, Vol 53, Issue 11

[Finkleman, Dave]

To answer tvb's question, there are contracts that require UTC
explicitly.  There is no qualification as to what UTC is or which
version to use if there are several!!!  Relatively recent US statute
mandates UTC as the civil time scale.  The only qualification is that
whatever DoD and USNO think UTC should be is what it is.  I don't have
any specific contract examples at hand, but I am sure that there are
many.

Dave Finkleman
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