Hi,
I've been under the radar for a while so have not been able to keep up
with the threads I was contributing to but that has been done to death
and I will drop them. I've been very interested in reading peoplels
thoughts on time-zones. Has there been any moves to adopt a common
time for all coun
Steve Rooke wrote:
> I guess the question is, what's the likely-hood of a world standard
> time being adopted (sort of like Star Trek)?
I would say it's very unlikely to happen. People tend to prefer the
time in their area to match up with the day. So, having the sun come up
at 7pm wouldn't s
2008/10/31 David Ackrill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I would say it's very unlikely to happen. People tend to prefer the
> time in their area to match up with the day. So, having the sun come up
> at 7pm wouldn't suit a lot of people.
But people would get used to it after a while, maybe a generation,
With the great ease of computers to make the transformations,
there really isn't any point in removing local timezones. It
is just a table after all... it is nothing like the old days when
every major town used Local Sidereal Time (eg. 12:00 is when the
sun is at its highest). That caused major p
Chuck Harris wrote:
> With the great ease of computers to make the transformations,
> there really isn't any point in removing local timezones. It
> is just a table after all... it is nothing like the old days when
> every major town used Local Sidereal Time (eg. 12:00 is when the
> sun is at its
Bruce Griffiths wrote:
> Chuck Harris wrote:
...
>>
>> It was recently reported that the onset of DST coincides with an
>> increase in heart attacks, and the return to standard time coincides
>> with a decrease in heart attacks. Yet another reason to ditch
>> Daylight Savings Time.
>>
>> -Chuck
Hi Chuck:
Not all of the U.S. uses DST, so there's a control group.
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Brooke Clarke wrote:
> Hi Chuck:
>
> Not all of the U.S. uses DST, so there's a control group.
That's true, but it cannot be said that the areas that don't
use DST are equivalent to those that do in all respects that
might cause heart problems.
It is thought the change in sleep/wake patterns is
Never mind it happens right before the holidays. I'm stressed either way.
On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Chuck Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Brooke Clarke wrote:
> > Hi Chuck:
> >
> > Not all of the U.S. uses DST, so there's a control group.
>
> That's true, but it cannot be said that th
At 9:42 AM -0400 10/30/08, Chuck Harris wrote:
>With the great ease of computers to make the transformations,
>there really isn't any point in removing local timezones. It
>is just a table after all... it is nothing like the old days when
>every major town used Local Sidereal Time (eg. 12:00 is wh
David Forbes wrote:
> At 9:42 AM -0400 10/30/08, Chuck Harris wrote:
>> With the great ease of computers to make the transformations,
>> there really isn't any point in removing local timezones. It
>> is just a table after all... it is nothing like the old days when
>> every major town used Local
: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Time-zones and World time..
Local Solar Time is the LST I was thinking of... only, I guess 00:00:00 is
high noon in LST Maybe Local Sundial Time?
-Chuck Harris
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time-nuts
2008/10/31 Chuck Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> With the great ease of computers to make the transformations,
> there really isn't any point in removing local timezones. It
> is just a table after all... it is nothing like the old days when
> every major town used Local Sidereal Time (eg. 12:00 is
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> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Time-zones and World time..
>
> Local Solar Time is the LST I was thinking of... only, I g
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> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
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>
>
Steve Rooke wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been under the radar for a while so have not been able to keep up
> with the threads I was contributing to but that has been done to death
> and I will drop them. I've been very interested in reading peoplels
> thoughts on time-zones. Has there been any moves to a
Chuck Harris wrote:
> With the great ease of computers to make the transformations,
> there really isn't any point in removing local timezones. It
> is just a table after all... it is nothing like the old days when
> every major town used Local Sidereal Time (eg. 12:00 is when the
> sun is at its
2008/10/31 Magnus Danielson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> What's this AM and PM stuff got to do with it. You mean you would go up
> at 19 rather than 7?
Indeed it does mean that, and the 12 hour shift in time works for NZ
as compared to UTC because we are pretty close to 180 deg longitude
away from Gre
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Behalf Of Steve Rooke
> When I communicate with the US, I have to work out which time-zone the
place I'm talking to
> is in and correct for that. It's probably not so much of a problem for
someone in America
> as yo
> When I communicate with the US, I have to work out which time-zone the
> place I'm talking to is in and correct for that. It's probably not so
> much of a problem for someone in America as you get used to the
> time-zone differences but this adds complexity for an outsider. I just
> wondered if
> One can, of course, observe meridian passage for a variety of stars at
> night, and from that determine the time (given a calendar and the
> appropriate almanac data), so you could directly observe midnight.
What does "directly observe" mean?
Stars aren't conveniently located where I want the
Hi Hal:
A sextant is just an angle measuring instrument so can be used in a number of
ways. The classical way is to measure the elevation angle of any heavenly
that's in your almanac. Note you can determine your latitude from any of these
elevation measurements.
The method called "lunar dist
Hal Murray wrote:
>> One can, of course, observe meridian passage for a variety of stars at
>> night, and from that determine the time (given a calendar and the
>> appropriate almanac data), so you could directly observe midnight.
>>
>
> What does "directly observe" mean?
>
> Stars aren't con
On 11/1/08 2:28 PM, "Bruce Griffiths" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hal Murray wrote:
>>> One can, of course, observe meridian passage for a variety of stars at
>>> night, and from that determine the time (given a calendar and the
>>> appropriate almanac data), so you could directly observe midn
On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 4:49 AM, Hal Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Don't forget too, that solar noon varies quite a bit (minutes) from
> > "mean solar time" over the year. If you're navigating your ship with
> > noon sun sights, this is pretty important.
>
> What do I google for if I want
>> I would say it's very unlikely to happen. People tend to prefer the
>> time in their area to match up with the day. So, having the sun
>> come up
>> at 7pm wouldn't suit a lot of people.
>
> But people would get used to it after a while, maybe a generation, and
> whose to say that the sun sh
2008/11/2 Thomas A. Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> But people would get used to it after a while, maybe a generation, and
>> whose to say that the sun should come up at 7am, it's really just an
>> arbitrary concept.
>
>
> In his book "100 Days" (about the 1982 war in the Falklands), Admiral
> Woodwa
On Sat Nov 1 20:49 , Hal Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent:
>> Don't forget too, that solar noon varies quite a bit (minutes) from
>> "mean solar time" over the year. If you're navigating your ship with
>> noon sun sights, this is pretty important.
>
>What do I google for if I want that correct
>>> Don't forget too, that solar noon varies quite a bit (minutes) from
>>> "mean solar time" over the year. If you're navigating your ship with
>>> noon sun sights, this is pretty important.
>>
>>What do I google for if I want that correction?
>
> This is known as the Equation of Time.
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