[LEAPSECS] The Battle of Flodden Field

[Tony Finch]

On Fri, 7 Jan 2011, Rob Seaman wrote:

>

> It is a requirement - a description of the problem space - that manifold

> human activities are loosely or tightly coupled to the synodic day.


Which? UTC with leap seconds is tightly coupled to the day. Atomic time
adjusted with a locally-determined timezone offset is loosely coupled to
the day. Both satisfy the requirement. The second solution is simpler.

Tony.
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