9 Feb
2005
9 Feb
'05
8:51 a.m.
Ashley Yakeley writes:
In article <r02010400-1037-20A8A440798C11D9A333000393758032@[10.0.1.2]>, David Menendez <zednenem@psualum.com> wrote:
Using TAI, we can always convert a date and clock time to a count of seconds and vice-versa without any additional information. To do the same with UTC, we need a table of leap-seconds.
No. Date and clock times are usually UTC or some offset (time-zone) thereof. Converting to TAI requires a table of leap-seconds.
I should have been more specific. I meant, "we can always convert a date and clock time specified in TAI to a count of seconds, and vice versa". -- David Menendez <zednenem@psualum.com> <http://www.eyrie.org/~zednenem/>