Dear Fer, > Does "another correction for sundials", as Jean Meeus > writes, also means an extra shift in the system > wintertime/summertime?.
I suppose that will be up to individual Governments or, in our case, some group in Brussels but it seems almost inevitable. A cumulative drift of up to an hour will surely be noticed, just as it was eventually noticed that the Julian Calendar was causing the seasons to drift. > What is the concequence for our daily lives? Well it won't be very much. As Jean Meeus says, it will take a long time to accumulate an hour's worth of drift. I'll be dead long before I care too much, though it won't take too many left-out-leap-seconds before people who read sundials carefully will notice. Those who look at Jupiter's satellites will notice even more quickly. > Because of my interests I agree with Jean Meeus. > Keep the leap second, no leap hour. Exactly my opinion. Long Live the Leap Second!! Frank -
