On Thu, 10 Sep 2009, Rob Seaman wrote: > > It is precisely the fact of a international civil timescale that makes the > timezone system work.
Yes. > In return, the many timezones and numerous special cases represent > constraints on the common underlying standard to better track mean solar > time. The constraints from timezones aren't tight enough to make any diffence to leapseconds. For civil time the key requirement is that everyone agrees, which is why timezones are wider than a second. The situation in Xinjiang is a good example, because the argument over how to set the clocks is entirely political and makes little practical difference to things like business opening hours. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <d...@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ GERMAN BIGHT HUMBER: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7. MODERATE OR ROUGH. SQUALLY SHOWERS. MODERATE OR GOOD. _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
