Re: [LEAPSECS] trading time

From: Tom Van Baak <tvb_at_leapsecond.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 09:56:16 -0800

> And Galileo will operate on TAI.

Could someone explain why this factoid has any
bearing on the issue? I've seen this presented
before and it makes no sense to me. GPS also
"operates" on TAI: as I'm sure you all know, by
definition, GPS internal time is TAI - 19 s.

Or put it another way, can you think of a single
application where GPS cannot already deliver
the same TAI as Galileo will someday deliver?

/tvb
Received on Tue Dec 23 2003 - 10:59:35 PST