[LEAPSECS] presentations from AAS Future of Time sessions

[Tony Finch]

Joseph Gwinn <joegwinn at comcast.net> wrote:

>

> GMT is now (unofficially?) deemed to be UT1.


GMT is the official name for UK civil time during the winter. The law
seems to specify an astronomical definition for GMT, but official time
signals in the UK are synchronized to UTC, and astronomical GMT has not
been maintained for decades.

Tony.
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