[LEAPSECS] Leap Seconds schedule prior to 1972

[John Sauter]

On Thu, 2016-04-21 at 23:56 -0700, Hal Murray wrote:
> > 
> > Think about the code that some poor programmer is going to have to
> > write as
> > they read your PDF. Instead of an if-else-if sequence that goes on
> > for
> > pages, is there a simpler way to generate pUTC? I mean, no human is
> > going to
> > read your PDF and manually go through the guidelines you present.
> > So maybe
> > think of the code first instead of the prose. 
> The if-else mess can be turned into a loop scanning a table.  (or
> binary 
> search)
> 
> If the table format is anything sane, you could publish the table
> someplace 
> public and give it a name.  If somebody comes along with a better
> proposal, 
> they can publish their table.  Any paper that uses this technique
> needs to 
> specify which table they use.
> 
> I think there is already something similar for correcting carbon-14
> dates.  
> If you publish a paper using C-14 dating, you specify which
> corrections you 
> used.
>   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiocarbon_dating#Atmospheric_variat
> ion
> 
> 
> 

I agree that publishing a table is a good idea.  Any suggestions on the
format?
    John Sauter (John_Sauter at systemeyescomputerstore.com)
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