[LEAPSECS] Leap smear

[Doug Calvert]

On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Ian Batten <igb at batten.eu.org> wrote:

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> On 20 Sep 2011, at 2011, Doug Calvert wrote:

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>> On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 3:11 AM, Ian Batten <igb at batten.eu.org> wrote:

>>> Civil time changes by an hour every six months.  The idea that timezones will have

>>> to change by an hour in a thousand years' time isn't going to frighten anyone.

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>> I apologize for my ignorance. What does "civil time changes by an hour

>> every six months" mean?

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> Daylight saving.

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Some civil time scales change by an hour every six months.