[LEAPSECS] Leap smear

[Ian Batten]

On 20 Sep 2011, at 2011, Doug Calvert wrote:


> On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 3:11 AM, Ian Batten <igb at batten.eu.org> wrote:

>> Civil time changes by an hour every six months.  The idea that timezones will have

>> to change by an hour in a thousand years' time isn't going to frighten anyone.

>> 

> 

> I apologize for my ignorance. What does "civil time changes by an hour

> every six months" mean?


Daylight saving.

ian