[LEAPSECS] Testing computer leap-second handling

[Tony Finch]

Poul-Henning Kamp <phk at phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:

> In message <277995CA-44D0-4B43-8CBA-D8F87FE02B97 at dotat.at>, Tony Finch writes:

>

> >DST exists because people care more about the time of sunrise than the time of noon.

>

> Sunset actually, but yes.


The reason I say sunrise is because DST reduces the time variation of
sunrise and increases the variation of sunset. It is a quantized
approximation to counting hours from sunrise. Remember also Ben Franklin's
complaint about Parisians wasting early morning light.

Tony.
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