Re: [LEAPSECS] two world clocks AND Time after Time

From: John Cowan <jcowan_at_reutershealth.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 07:06:11 -0500

Steve Allen scripsit:

> What we are being told by the Time Lords is that, starting from a date
> in the near future, knowing when noon is will also be a specialist
> operation.

Already true.

For many months of the year, solar noon is closer to 1 PM, or even 1:30
PM, in a great many countries, and how many people actually realize
*that*?

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