On 2024-06-23, Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeova...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think we are losing sight of the fact that all of timekeeping is an > abstraction and over-generalization. Time zones were created to help > regularize railroad schedules over wide areas. Timezones are an abstraction > that permit us to _pretend_ that it is (physical) noon at the same clock > time over an extended area. When in fact physical high-noon, determined by > the sun's position in the sky, cannot be at the exact same time just a few > centimeters west or east of my eyeballs. >
Autrement dit, chacun voit midi à sa porte. --
