Poul-Henning Kamp <[email protected]> wrote: > In message <[email protected]>, 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. -- f.anthony.n.finch <[email protected]> http://dotat.at/ Dover, Wight, Portland, Plymouth: West or southwest 5 or 6, veering northwest 4 or 5 later. Moderate. Rain or thundery showers. Good, occasionally moderate. _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
