[time-nuts] Why not TAI?

[Attila Kinali]

On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:35:11 +0200
cook michael <michael.cook at sfr.fr> wrote:

> > If TAI is a paper clock, what else should be used if a strictly monotone
> > time scale is needed?
> Do you have any specific application in mind?
> If you need an SI seconds rated scale, then you need something based on 
> TAI. GPS time has a TAI second rate and is monotonic. But of course you 
> would need a GPS receiver to access it.

I don't have a specific application in mind. Just a general question
on what should be used. But lets say i want to have a monotonic clock
for a computer system to timestamp events precisely and unambigously.

Yes, using GPS time (with or without going back to TAI) would be
a probable solution.

Are there any other time scales available that would fit that need?

			Attila Kinali

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