[LEAPSECS] Leap smear

[Ian Batten]

On 20 Sep 2011, at 21:14, Doug Calvert wrote:


> On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Ian Batten <igb at batten.eu.org> wrote:

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

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>>> 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.

>> 

> 

> Some civil time scales change by an hour every six months.


There exists at least one civil time scale in an advanced economy that changes by an hour every six months.  That is sufficient for my point.

ian