On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 00:37, Ashley Yakeley
On Sun, 2009-01-18 at 00:34 -0500, Bjorn Buckwalter wrote:
Thanks for the pointer. My "source" is the Earth Orientation Parameter (EOP) data at http://www.celestrak.com/SpaceData/; specifically I autogenerate the module from http://www.celestrak.com/SpaceData/eop19620101.txt. Probably looks more complicated than necessary but I'm parsing the file anyway for other purposes.
With tz, though, you could discover the table at run-time and so be more likely to be up to date.
Ah yes. However, just like "time" this library does not attempt to solve that particular problem. The purpose of leapseconds-announced is to be dead easy to use (no IO and treading of the LeapSecondTable to the usage point), at the cost of longevity. Of course, as I pointed out in the announcement this trade-off isn't suitable for all applications. -Bjorn