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Newer page: version 4 Last edited on Saturday, October 4, 2003 12:43:06 am by AristotlePagaltzis
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 An [Acronym] for __T__emps __A__tomique __I__nternational, ie International Atomic Time. 
  
-This is a time zone measured with atomic clocks. Its reading increases monotonically, without leap seconds added. [TAI] is defined as the unit of duration of 9,192,631,770 cycles of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of the ground state of Caesium 133. [TAI] was 31s ahead of UTC on Jul 01, 1997.[1]  
+This is a time zone measured with atomic clocks. Its reading increases monotonically, without leap seconds added. [TAI] is defined as the unit of duration of 9,192,631,770 cycles of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of the ground state of Caesium 133. 
  
-Compare [GMT ], [UTC]. 
+[TAI ] was exactly 31s ahead of [UTC] on Jul 01, 1997. There were no leap seconds on that day
  
-[1 ]: There were no leap seconds on Jul 01 1997 , .: it was 31s ahead of UTC all day
+Compare [GMT ], [ UTC]