[LEAPSECS] LEAPSECS Digest, Vol 51, Issue 23

[Warner Losh]

On 02/07/2011 14:03, Rob Seaman wrote:

> Tony Finch wrote:

>

>> the whole point of universal time is that it's the default timscale

>> for civil use and only specialists should need anything else.

> Stephen should add this to the consensus building list.


Yes.  Along with the point that civil time keepers use whatever they are 
told to use... (eg, the shift from UT1 to UTC and China's very wide 
timezone).

Warner