[LEAPSECS] presentations from AAS Future of Time sessions

[Brooks Harris]

On 2014-01-12 11:33 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

> In message <52D2E6F5.2030903 at edlmax.com>, Brooks Harris writes:

>

>> I think I understand you. You are saying that UTC as a term for the

> I'm saying that UTC is Universal Time Coordinated, such as defined

> and used by telcos for a decade by the time UNIX was written.

>

> What was "inside" UTC didn't mater to them, UTC was the accepted

> international timescale and they used it as such.

>

Oh, I see - the "telcos". How do they define it? Is there a standard or 
guideline they use, or is it just "common practice"?