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"Poul-Henning Kamp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "John.Cowan" writes:
: >Rob Seaman scripsit:
:
: >> [B]ut we already agree on a common
: >> position that civil time needs to mimic solar time for most purposes.
: >
: >Kashi, Kashi, Kashi.
:
: It's interesting that no matter how much we keep telling him
: otherwise, Rob still claims that "we already agree" on the above
: statement.
The tolerance most people have is on the order of an hour or two, not
sub-second measurements at some purely arbitrary meridian. Timezones
are an artificial construct, but have created this tolerance in
people. I think that any future time standard should recognize this
reality and not be artificially constrained by astronomical
measurements at some meridian.
Leap seconds cost actual companies lots of $$$. I know that I've
personally put in about 50 hours to leap second issues since July 1,
and others in my company have put in even more in testing, shipping
equiptment to the simulator facility, writing simulation software for
testing all our products that couldn't be shipped to the simulation
facility, etc. While it is the cost of doing business, implementing
and conforming to this standard is expensive.
Warner
