On Thu, 10 Feb 2011, Mark Calabretta wrote: > > Leaping timezones would be tenable if they all leapt at the same > time. However, I think we agree that that won't happen.
They leap about all the time at arbitrary times, so I wonder why you think that isn't tenable. > Currently the main chaotic element of timezones is concerned with > the start and end date of DST. The chaos is restricted to two > periods, sometime in autumn and spring, and it only amounts to one > hour to and fro. No, the main chaotic element is that the rules keep changing. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <d...@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ HUMBER THAMES DOVER WIGHT PORTLAND: NORTH BACKING WEST OR NORTHWEST, 5 TO 7, DECREASING 4 OR 5, OCCASIONALLY 6 LATER IN HUMBER AND THAMES. MODERATE OR ROUGH. RAIN THEN FAIR. GOOD. _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
