[LEAPSECS] the epoch of TAI, with no more doubt

[Brooks Harris]

On 2019-01-19 7:50 PM, Steve Allen wrote:
> On Wed 2019-01-16T00:56:19-0800 Steve Allen hath writ:
>> The epoch of TAI, and LORAN, and GPS is 1961-01-01T20:00:00 UT2.
>> Or maybe 1961-01-00 UT2.
> I took a closer read and cross reference of the relevant
> issues of Bulletin Horaire and finalized my web page.
> The epoch at which TAI was set is definitely 1961-01-01T20:00:00 UT2
>
> https://www.ucolick.org/~sla/leapsecs/taiepoch.html
Hi Steve,

Interesting. Nice work.

You say there -

"So the epoch at which the TAI that we now have was set to a fixed 
offset from Universal Time was 1961-01-01T20:00:00.
The offset between Universal Time and the TAI that we now have was not 
set at 1958-01-01."

So when, how, and why did 1958-01-01 come in to it?

-Brooks




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