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by fanf2 989 days ago
It isn’t just the difference in rate. The main content of Circular T https://www.bipm.org/en/time-ftp/circular-t is the time offset of the various national realisations of UTC. Another important aspect is characterizing the stability of each clock, which determines the weighting of its contribution to UTC.

The algorithm behind Circular T is called ALGOS.