[LEAPSECS] QB213 .R4 2013

Tony Finch dot at dotat.at
Fri Jan 17 07:17:59 EST 2014


Eric Fort <eric.fort at gmail.com> wrote:


> As for those simply going about their daily lives and wishing to make

> a schedule within seconds or even minutes I think the mass public

> would probably like to see their wall clocks remain in sync with the

> rotation of the planet on which they presently reside.


Note that DST exists because people prefer to set their clocks to sunrise
than to midday, but sunrise is too inconvenient so we use a quantized
approximation.

Tony.
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Forties, Cromarty: East, veering southeast, 4 or 5, occasionally 6 at first.
Rough, becoming slight or moderate. Showers, rain at first. Moderate or good,
occasionally poor at first.


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