[LEAPSECS] Santa Claus in Kyrgyzstan

Rob Seaman seaman at noao.edu
Wed Jan 2 16:21:27 EST 2008


Here's an amusing discussion of GIS techniques applied to Santa's
route selection:

http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/24.93.html#subj7

Somehow this just seems pertinent to our discussion of the willy-nilly
timezone algorithm applied to civil (or uncivil) timekeeping. For
instance, Santa is advised to fly from East to West such that
Christmas Eve lasts two days (whatever a "day" means), not one.

Should the Right Jolly Old Elf sort his deliveries by UTC or local
timezones?

Rob



More information about the LEAPSECS mailing list