[LEAPSECS] Bulletin C and all that

[Brooks Harris]

On 2015-01-25 04:57 PM, G Ashton wrote:
> Brooks Harris mentioned, at approximately Sun 1/25/2015 21:02 UT, a
> "Gregorian timescale". I believe that since in Gregory's time there was no
> alternative to making the passage of calendar days agree with the day/night
> cycle, we must understand "Gregorian timescale" to mean either apparent or
> mean solar time (unless an ecumenical council is called and declares
> otherwise). Also, I am not at all sure that the Gregorian calendar has
> always been used together with the convention that the new day begins at
> midnight; I would like to be pointed to a reference that says that, if it
> exists.

ISO ISO 8601:2004(E), 3.2.1 The Gregorian calendar
-Brooks

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> Gerard Ashton
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