Using the USA as an example, the constitutional provision giving the federal government authority over standards of weight and measure arguably gives it authority over time-of-day. Their success in regulating time zones and legal recognition of UTC as the basis of time tends to confirm this authority. But at the time of the ratification of the constitution calendars were probably thought of as counting rather than measuring, so authority over calendars might belong to the states. New York seems to think so; it, unlike the federal government, has a law recognizing the Gregorian calendar.
Gerry Ashton Mr. Feather wrote: Indeed. [Authority over calendars] is clearly something in the remit of national governments. See, for example, 24 Geo.2 c.23 or the decision of the National Convention on 1793-10-24. _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
