[LEAPSECS] Caveat emptor!

Rob Seaman seaman at noao.edu
Mon Apr 11 13:00:20 EDT 2011


Steve Allen wrote:


> Keith Winstein hath writ:

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>> Rob Seaman wrote:

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>>> Remember, UT1 is only known retroactively.

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>> To be fair, isn't this true of UTC (and TAI) as well?

>

> But there are (multiple) realized and disseminated forms of UTC


Yeah - I thought twice about mentioning UT1, and presumably should have thought thrice :-)

To get back to the original question: in the part of the metaverse where UTC is redefined, and thus referring to something as "Universal Time" or "UT" is dangerously ambiguous, what do we call "TCFKAUT"?

Will GMT rise from the ashes? Will we call it "UT-classic"? Maybe something like "UTZ":

http://www.csgnetwork.com/utzproptimecalc.html

(Although we might have to buy the trademark from: http://www.utzsnacks.com)

Suggestions? (I mean practical suggestions :-)

Rob



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