M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Magnus Danielson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > : Lux, James P wrote: > : > > : > > : > On 10/26/08 9:45 AM, "Burt I. Weiner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > : > > : >> Except for the flat or pointy places. > : >> > : >> Burt, K6OQK > : >> > : >> At 05:00 AM 10/26/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote > : >>> At 10:44 PM 10/25/2008, Gretchen Baxter wrote... > : >>>> I went to http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ > : >>>> > : >>>> I saw that it was 10:35 in New York but in Adelaide it was 1:05 PM and > : >>>> in > : >>>> New Delhi 8:05. > : >>>> > : >>>> How can that be? > : >>> The world is round. > : > In the context of time-nuts, where we denigrate mere 1 ppm accuracy and > talk > : > about parts in 1E12 and more.. The Earth, being ellipsoidal by about a > part > : > in 300, is hardly "round". > : > : OK... it's a fairly ellipsoid object... and not flat. > > And the 1/2 time zones have nothing to do with the shape of the earth > in fine detail, but rather the fact that it is somewhat ball-like in a > gross, part in 10 sort of way :-)[*]
The hint is rather that since it i roundish, turns around its axis timezones as such is needed. Contrary to popular beleif, people do want their time to predict the rising, noon and setting of the sun. Thus, all countries running UTC would not be a solution. The Indian solution to solve for conflicting requirements is certainly a reasnoble solution. However, there are valid reasons to use UTC throughout the world for certain tasks, but those does not necessarilly include civil timekeeping. Cheers, Magnus _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.