[LEAPSECS] Local insertion of leap seconds

[Magnus Danielson]

On 03/01/14 22:20, Steve Allen wrote:

> On Fri 2014-01-03T15:45:13 -0500, Stephen Scott hath writ:

>> 2.)Video in North America and some other parts of the world is

>

> Is currently described by section 5.3.2.13.1 of

> ATSC-Mobile DTV Standard,

> Part 2 -- RF/Transmission System Characteristics

> Document A/153 Part 2:2011, 7 October 2011

> http://www.atsc.org/cms/standards/a153/a_153-Part-2-2011.pdf

>

> That specifies that the AT time scale is based on GPS system time,

> which has no leap seconds.


First of all, this is a different time-scale than the time-scale usually 
referred to as AT (for Atomic Time).

Secondly, this is not a generic video reference, but the ATSC-specific 
definition, which is not relevant to TV-production problems such as 
those discussed.

Cheers,
Magnus