On Jan 2, 2014, at 4:25 AM, Rob Seaman wrote: > On Jan 2, 2014, at 1:48 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ignorance is never good policy. >> >> Poul-Henning > > The irony is strong with this one. > > "Day" is a more established concept than duration. Both are needed to > express the inherent complexity of timekeeping in either real or virtual > worlds.
Only for some applications.... Even astronomers need to deal with durations that are affected by the changes in the length of the day, so saying one is more fundamental than the other from that community is picking and choosing... Warner _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
