REMINDER: LEAP SECOND

Mon Jun 22 13:23:11 UTC 2015

On (2015-06-22 14:44 +0200), Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:

> Or simply use TAI which is the obvious time reference for Internet
> devices. Using UTC in routers is madness. Routers and Internet servers
> should use TAI internally and use UTC only when communicating with
> humans (the inferior life form which crawls on the Earth surface and
> cares about things like whether the sun is high at noon, for outside
> picnics).

I couldn't agree more. But out of curiosity does anyone have scoop why TAI
exists? I believe GPSTIME predates it, which appears analogous to TAI.

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