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 when the >sun is at its highest). That caused major problems for the >railroads. > >-Chuck Harris
Chuck, I don't think you meant to say sidereal time, which is based the stars, not the sun. There are 366.25 or so days in a sidereal year! -- --David Forbes, Tucson, AZ http://www.cathodecorner.com/ _______________________________________________ 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.
