Roger Stapleton wrote:
> I have a real problem that this discussion may affect.
Boiled down:
You need LST. You currently can get UTC, which is a sufficient
approximation of UT1, and UT1 to LST conversion is algorithmic.
In a world where UTC = TAI - k for constant k, you would need to
learn the current value of TAI - UT1 from an external source.
The rest of us geeks work internally in TAI - n. We too currently
can get UTC, and have to learn the current value of TAI - UTC from
an external source, or else "pursue it with forks and hope".
In a world where UTC = TAI - k, we would need no external source.
The current UTC system is biased in favor of your applications
and other astronomically based ones, and against the rest of us.
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Received on Fri Sep 08 2000 - 08:51:08 PDT