On 3/15/2011 1:30 PM, tim.nightingale at stfc.ac.uk wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> At the nit-picking level, "day" (and "hour" and "minute") are not
> necessarily stable units either, because of the occasional appearance
> of leap seconds. While this won't be of much concern for many users,
> it can be important for precisely timed data.
Hi Tim:
My understanding is that there are some calendars that handle this
better than "standard". the java packages im looking at refers to UTC
and TAI as more accurate possibilities:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Atomic_Time
im not clear on the issues, but it seems like we could add those
calendars if needed.
John
Received on Wed Mar 16 2011 - 09:39:56 GMT
