[LEAPSECS] Java: ThreeTen/JSR-310

[Tony Finch]

On Sat, 29 Jan 2011, Stephen Colebourne wrote:

>

> Thus, no matter what, the Sun must peak at midday and it be night at

> midnight, with adjustments to ensure that based on time-zones. Since

> stopping leap seconds breaks that basic principle, it became

> unacceptable.


Actually the sun doesn't peak at 12:00 except on rare occasions, and in
many places it never does, so your reasoning is incorrect.


> - TAI - simple incrementing number that is well-defined (although

> clearly not everyone here will agree with that). TAI can be used into

> the far future and the far past


How do you map between TAI and UT in the far future and far past?

Tony.
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