[LEAPSECS] Leap smear
Poul-Henning Kamp
phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Tue Sep 20 11:24:46 EDT 2011
In message <4E78AA49.5060100 at comcast.net>, Gerard Ashton writes:
>On 9/20/2011 5:53 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>Earth orientation is one factor in the time of sunrise and sunset, and
>that is important
>at perhaps minute precision for many purposes, such as avoiding
>violation of laws
>regarding turning on automobile headlights, and the taking of game.
Show one single court-case, where the exact time of sunrise or
sunset has been a crucial factor, with a precision better than three
minutes, and I'll belive you.
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