Tony Finch said: > Well, no, not for more than half the year. I happen to be close to the > Greenwich meridian so my clocks currently show something close to mean > solar time (about 30 seconds fast, I think?) but that isn't true for most > people.
Indeed. I live 1 minute 37 seconds east of the prime meridian - I'm probably closest to it of anyone on this list. > The clock on the wall tells the time for social > purposes, not for the position of the sun in the sky. Right. And that's without the equation of time coming into the, um, equation. -- Clive D.W. Feather | If you lie to the compiler, Email: cl...@davros.org | it will get its revenge. Web: http://www.davros.org | - Henry Spencer Mobile: +44 7973 377646 _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
