[fitsbits] Start of the WCS Paper III Public Comment Period
Steve Allen
sla at ucolick.org
Sat Oct 23 13:10:28 EDT 2004
On Sat 2004-10-23T02:45:58 -0400, Steve Willner hath writ:
> Are people really using the ill-defined MJD instead of JD? I am
> pretty sure the IAU recommends using only the latter. Or has the
> recommendation been rescinded?
The IAU has had a love/hate/love relationship with the MJD, see
http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/leapsecs/timescales.html#MJD
Right now we are in the "love" phase.
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