It’s time to leave the leap second in the past

Re:It’s time to leave the leap second in the past by oconnor663 on Monday July 25, 2022 @02:49PM (#32229154)

The article makes the same point a couple of sentences later:

> these days UTC is equally bad for both digital applications and scientists, who often choose TAI or UT1 instead.

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Re:It’s time to leave the leap second in the past by gmiller123456 on Monday July 25, 2022 @03:01PM (#32229320)

UTC was never to make astronomy applications easier. The only thing that has changed is that cheap computers make it easier for astronomers to use UTC as a starting point.

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Re:It’s time to leave the leap second in the past by ncmncm on Monday July 25, 2022 @05:24PM (#32231137)

Then it was for nobody. Astronomers find UTC leap seconds as much a nuisance as everybody else.

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