[LEAPSECS] final report of the UK leap seconds dialog

Tony Finch dot at dotat.at
Sun Feb 8 18:46:42 EST 2015


Kevin Birth <Kevin.Birth at qc.cuny.edu> wrote:
>
> In my view, in a strictly Biblical perspective, the problem is with mean
> time not with leap seconds.

I tend to go further and argue that people don't like to base their days
on noon. DST is a bodge to recover a bit of seasonal movement to follow
sunrise.

Tony.
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