Re: [LEAPSECS] Leap Day: Samoa to skip Dec 30

2012-01-03 Thread Warner Losh
On Jan 3, 2012, at 6:41 AM, Clive D.W. Feather wrote: > Zefram said: >> The western side of the IDL is much more fashionable than the eastern >> side. The IDL has been gradually shifting eastwards for many years. >> With the network effect from wanting to have one's timezone close to that >> of

Re: [LEAPSECS] Leap Day: Samoa to skip Dec 30

2012-01-03 Thread Clive D.W. Feather
Zefram said: > The western side of the IDL is much more fashionable than the eastern > side. The IDL has been gradually shifting eastwards for many years. > With the network effect from wanting to have one's timezone close to that > of one's geographical neighbours, I wonder if there's actually an

Re: [LEAPSECS] Leap Day: Samoa to skip Dec 30

2012-01-03 Thread Zefram
Hal Murray wrote: >They are shifting to the other side of the international date line. The western side of the IDL is much more fashionable than the eastern side. The IDL has been gradually shifting eastwards for many years. With the network effect from wanting to have one's timezone close to tha