RE: Time Zones

[Roger Bailey]

I have a modest proposal as an alternative. Why doesn't Swatch produce a watch that shows local solar time. How often have you been frustrated trying to explain why high noon is at 1:41:30 pm clock time. Think how  useful a solar watch would be in determining which direction is north for setting sundials. Celestial navigation would be easy as this would solve the longitude problem. A sidereal time or decimal Julian dates (Stardates) could be added as options. This watch could even replace the Dialists Companion that you downloaded from NASS.   The technology is now available to make this product a reality. A built in GPS could provide inputs of latitude and longitude. A simple program could be burned into the ROM to calculate the Equation of Time and make the required adjustments. What a novel idea. I had better rush to the patent office. This could be a best seller, a modern digital device showing zoneless local time, a replacement for all those old analog artefacts that only work on those rare times when the sun is shining.   Roger Bailey    -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of A.Brown Sent: March 28, 2001 3:59 PM To: sundial group Subject: Re: Time Zones Hi All I just wondered what members  in the group think of the latest zoneless time concept, Internet Time where the day is broken up into beats eliminating the need for geographical based time zones. Is it seen as helping to make ours one world or as cynical "commercial" exploitation? see http://www.swatch.com/fs_index.php