[LEAPSECS] Leap smear

[Tom Van Baak]

> No, we're used to leaping local civil time.  UTC as international

> civil time remains an indicator of Earth orientation.  The two

> are kept separate whatever local authorities choose to do.


I thought UT1 was the "indicator" of Earth orientation. Are you
confusing a timescale with a measurement? DUT1 exists in
order to convert a timescale back to a measurement. You aim
your precise telescopes using UT1 not UTC, don't you?

/tvb