On Sat, 16 Dec 2000, The Shaws wrote: > I guess the day started at noon due to the difficulties in determining > exactly when midnight occured. > Early time systems used Sunrise, noon or sunset to start the day - all > easily determined without the use of an accurate timekeeper. > > Mike Shaw
Certainly may have had some influence! I understand that the main point of zero at noon for astronomers was that it eliminated ambiguity in date/time references to their observations: no pesky date change in the middle of the work "day"! Dave
