[iaufwg] IAUFWG review of the new draft FITS Standard

[William Thompson]

Steve Allen wrote:
> On Mon 2008-03-17T21:07:44 +0100, Andreas Wicenec hath writ:
>> because essentially this standard is allowing just about anything. I
>> would suggest
>> to simply follow the W3C note http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime
> 
> The FITS Y2K agreement is already more restrictive, with the exception
> that, unlike W3C, our version allows leap seconds.

I consider the inclusion of leap seconds absolutely essential.  I know that our 
software will include these values where appropriate, although I can't promise 
that it's every been used.  It would depend on whether we ever had an 
observation start or stop within the leap second.  At this point in time, I 
don't see any point in changing the language of the Y2K agreement.

Bill Thompson

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