[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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