Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 16:36:38 -0800 From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Carlos Amengual <listas@informatica.info> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD handles leapsecond correctly Message-ID: <20060104003637.GB69162@funkthat.com> In-Reply-To: <43BB15BB.2070705@informatica.info> References: <20060103120026.EEEC916A41F@hub.freebsd.org> <43BAE883.1090705@informatica.info> <20060103234638.GA69162@funkthat.com> <43BB15BB.2070705@informatica.info>
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Carlos Amengual wrote this message on Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 01:24 +0100:
> John-Mark Gurney wrote:
> >so, the only fix for a sextant is a new table of numbers... don't
> >forget the tables HAVE to be updated for precisely the reason leap
> >seconds are inserted...
>
> It is not only an update, it is a change in the tables themselves. And
> sidereal time would no longer be sidereal time.
I mean how they are currently updated each year, not updated to use a
new time scale..
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