[LEAPSECS] BBC radio Crowd Science

[Warner Losh]

On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 10:37 PM, Zefram <zefram at fysh.org> wrote:
> Warner Losh wrote:
>>If you are going to willfully misunderstand, then I'm done being patient.
>
> I am not willfully misunderstanding.  I have tried to understand
> what you're doing, and I've been unable to find a system that works
> consistently, uses the labelling of leap seconds on which we are agreed,
> and yields TAI-UTC changing at the start of a positive leap second.
> Please enlighten me.  If you were to supply the couple of worked examples
> that I have suggested, I believe that would shed much light on your
> system.

I've already done exactly that. I'll see if I have time tomorrow to
write it up again using TeX or something that's easier to format and
explain with than ASCII text. Based on Tom's description of my method,
I think he may misunderstand it too. It's as consistent as the
calendar system we have today.

Warner