On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 06:25:46PM +1100, Daniel Pittman wrote: > > None of this would be a problem if we'd just switch to decimal time in a > > single timezone and call it a day. > > Actually, we would still have to deal with the changing length of the day, and > with the increasing difference between our stellar and earth-based times. :)
Indeed. The Earth's rotational period does vary slightly (effect of earthquakes notwithstanding). One reason time is hard to deal with sensibly is our insistence on synchronising it to the mean solar day. Nick. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
