From: eachus@spectre.mitre.org (Robert I. Eachus)
Subject: Re: Ada 9X Doc v5.99
Date: 10 Feb 1995 00:51:23 GMT
Date: 1995-02-10T00:51:23+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <EACHUS.95Feb9195123@spectre.mitre.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CONDIC@PSAVAX.PWFL.COM's message of Tue, 7 Feb 1995 11:19:08 EST
In article <INFO-ADA%95020710274779@VM1.NODAK.EDU> CONDIC@PSAVAX.PWFL.COM writes:
> And besides - the Earth's rotation around the Sun is continually
> slowing down, so the definition of a year (and hence, a day,
> etc.) is continually changing.
No, the definition of a second has been decoupled from the earth
for some time now. "Leap seconds" and the converse are scheduled from
time to time to keep UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) syncronized with
the rotation of the earth. The definition of the second, and atomic
time, don't change.
--
Robert I. Eachus
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1995-02-07 16:19 Ada 9X Doc v5.99 CONDIC
1995-02-10 0:51 ` Robert I. Eachus [this message]
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1995-02-01 15:05 CONDIC
1995-02-01 20:01 ` Jim Rogers
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1995-02-06 15:27 ` Robert Dewar
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1995-01-28 13:41 ` paus
1995-01-29 22:30 ` David Weller
1995-01-31 16:10 ` paus
1995-01-30 5:00 ` Robert Dewar
1995-01-31 2:39 ` celier
1995-01-31 10:49 ` Michel Gauthier
1995-01-31 14:39 ` Norman H. Cohen
1995-02-01 23:04 ` Matt Kennel
1995-01-31 7:40 ` R_Tim_Coslet
1995-01-30 17:52 ` Peter Hermann
1995-02-01 3:28 ` Michael Feldman
1995-02-01 12:16 ` Peter Hermann
1995-02-01 20:12 ` Robert Firth
1995-02-02 8:34 ` paus
1995-02-08 4:26 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1995-01-20 0:25 Garlington KE
1995-01-21 0:27 ` Keith Thompson
1995-01-21 17:30 ` Tucker Taft
1995-01-23 15:36 ` Garlington KE
1995-01-24 19:01 ` Robert A Duff
1995-01-25 16:09 ` Michel Gauthier
1995-01-26 1:05 ` Matt Kennel
1995-01-26 20:03 ` David Moore
1995-01-27 14:04 ` Robb Nebbe
1995-01-27 19:03 ` Michel Gauthier
1995-01-29 16:47 ` Michael Feldman
1995-01-30 22:53 ` Jules
1995-02-01 12:51 ` Christopher Costello
1995-01-28 6:06 ` Robert Dewar
1995-01-30 5:21 ` Michael Feldman
1995-01-28 2:32 ` Michael Feldman
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1995-01-29 3:36 ` Michael Feldman
1995-01-31 11:18 ` Robert Dewar
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1995-01-29 16:53 ` Michael Feldman
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1995-01-30 22:59 ` Jules
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