There are good technical reasons for having very accurate standards of time interval, but IMO, far fewer reasons for ns or even ms accuracy in time of day.
Most everyday things, except possibly eBay and some financial transactions, really don't have to happen exactly on the dot. As to having very accurate time, widely distributed, and then measuring time interval by subtraction, that is fraught with perils. Would you use a the difference between a pair of mile long platinum-iridium rods to measure the thickness of a sheet of paper? YMMV, -John ================ > Well the best reason is that by our social convention it makes people > comfortable. > > But that reason does have much logic behind it. > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > _______________________________________________ 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.
