[LEAPSECS] Definition of Standard time - Brooks Harris
    Tony Finch 
    dot at dotat.at
       
    Mon Feb 17 06:25:02 EST 2014
    
    
  
Warner Losh <imp at bsdimp.com> wrote:
>
> Moving to atomic time doesn't undo 4500 years of timekeeping tradition.
> In fact, it restores the tradition of all minutes being the same length.
That is a relatively recent tradition compared to 4500 years :-)
Tony.
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