When a custom timescale is defined, not all the epoch constructors support it:
julia> using Tempo
julia> @timescale ET EphemerisTime
julia> ep = Epoch(12, ET)
2000-01-01T12:00:12.0000 ET
julia> ep = Epoch("12 ET")
ERROR: UndefVarError: `ET` not defined
This is because the constructors look for the timescales that exist within the scope of the package and not those that have been defined outside of it.