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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]
.
