[LEAPSECS] What's the point?

[Mark Calabretta]

On Thu 2011/02/10 13:56:22 -0000, Ian Batten wrote
in a message to: Leap Second Discussion List <leapsecs at leapsecond.com>


>> Yes, it seems a likely response.  The underlying assumption is

>> that people expect the Sun to be roughly overhead at noon to

>> within a tolerance of about an hour.

>

>I don't think that's quite true.  For a start off, in large parts of

>the world "overhead" simply means "at its zenith" which might be quite

>low in the sky,


I was being "poetic" your honour!

DST fiddles only go to prove that people expect civil time to be
tied to the Sun.

Regards,
Mark Calabretta