In German language we have:

WOZ Wahre Ortszeit (= LAT, 12:00 = sun is exactly south at the location)

MOZ Mittlere Ortszeit - within a year the medium length of a day`s time
WOZ = MOZ + EoT

MEZ Mitteleuropäische Zeit = MOZ at longitude 15° East

MESZ Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit = MEZ + 1 h

Regarding the ongoing diskussion whitch time shall we take in the future if
we leave the yearly double change standard/summer/daylight saving time: I
would prefer a revolution and take only two definitions worldwide:
1) UTC (universal time for global synchronisation)
2) LAT (the most natural local time caused by the sun's position only).

The calculation in between should not be a problem by GPS driven
watches/smartphones/IoT-devices. Even mechanic watches would be able to do
the job for EoT - EoL can be set manually if necessary while travelling.

Kurt

Kurt Niel <[email protected]> schrieb am Mi., 13. März 2019, 22:51:

> Dear sundialists,
>
> within my sundial-/webcamproject https://kepleruhr.at/en/live-view I
> already declared the following relationship:
>
> UTC +
> EoT (equation of time) +
> EoL (equation of longitude) =
> LAT (local apparent time) =
> WOZ (Wahre Ortszeit) [German]
>
> Kurt
>
> Dan-George Uza <[email protected]> schrieb am Mi., 13. März 2019,
> 22:21:
>
>> Perhaps "equation of longitude"?
>>
>> Dan Uza
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 13, 2019, 20:50 Julian Lush <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> How about longitude adjustment?
>>>
>>> Julian Lush
>>> 72 Bromfelde Road, London SW4 6PR
>>> 020 7622 9497    07815 637706
>>> ------------------------------
>>> *From:* sundial <[email protected]> on behalf of Frank King <
>>> [email protected]>
>>> *Sent:* 13 March 2019 12:29
>>> *To:* Dan-George Uza
>>> *Cc:* Sundial List
>>> *Subject:* Re: dischrony
>>>
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> I have a mild distaste for "correction" since
>>> it implies something is wrong.  In particular
>>> 'local mean time' and 'local mean time-zone time'
>>> are both correct, but different, times.  One is
>>> offset from the other but this offset is in no
>>> sense a correction!
>>>
>>> To me "offset" is neutral.
>>>
>>> There are, of course, many many different
>>> times in current use.  Here are just a few:
>>>
>>>   TAI, UTC, UT1, UT2, GMT, GST, GPS time
>>>
>>> None of these is wrong but each is offset
>>> from all the others.
>>>
>>> Sometimes the offset is constant such as
>>> the difference between TAI and GPS time
>>>
>>> Sometimes the offset changes infrequently,
>>> such as the difference between TAI and UTC
>>> (which changes only when there is a leap
>>> second).
>>>
>>> Sometimes the offset changes continuously,
>>> such as the difference between GST (sidereal
>>> time) and GMT.
>>>
>>> This suggests that the word 'constant' is
>>> not generally appropriate and is why I am
>>> not keen on the Italian "costante locale".
>>>
>>> This is actually a false assertion when
>>> referring to local mean time versus local
>>> time-zone time because in most places the
>>> reference time zone is shifted 15 degrees
>>> backwards and forwards at the whim of
>>> legislators!  The offset is not constant!
>>>
>>> Dan-George asks:
>>>
>>>   how would you translate the Italian
>>>   "foro gnomonico"
>>>
>>> In English, this translates literally as
>>> "gnomonic hole" but this would be a bad
>>> translation!  It generally refers to the
>>> hole in the roof (or possibly a side wall)
>>> of a cathedral or large church that lets
>>> in the sun so as to cast an image of the
>>> sun on the floor.
>>>
>>> The best English equivalent is "aperture
>>> nodus" but that isn't quite the same thing.
>>> An aperture nodus provides a spot of light
>>> on the dial plate, not an image of the sun.
>>>
>>> The French "oeilleton" is more challenging!
>>> In English, this translates literally as
>>> "eye-cap" which I think of as something
>>> for medical use, for washing your eyes.
>>>
>>> I rather suspect that the French also use
>>> this to mean aperture nodus but I should
>>> like confirmation.
>>>
>>> Frank
>>>
>>> Frank King
>>> Cambridge, U.K.
>>>
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