[LEAPSECS] alternative to smearing

[Steve Allen]

On Mon 2017-01-09T22:45:19 +0100, Preben Nørager hath writ:
> Julian days count solar days.

No, Julian days count days.
Those can be "days" in whatever time scale.

The astronomical almanacs had a longstanding set of tables expressed
in Julian Ephemeris Date (J.E.D.) which was a count of days of
Ephemeris Time.

J.D. can equally be used for "days" of TAI, or any other timescale.
As noted by the IAU recommendation two decades ago, it is important
for the user to specify which time scale is being used for those days.

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