Re: [LEAPSECS] building consensus

From: Rob Seaman <seaman_at_NOAO.EDU>
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 16:14:30 -0700

On Jun 5, 2006, at 4:05 PM, Rob Seaman wrote:

> On the other hand, all I've ever meant by the term "civil time" is
> that time that a well educated civilian sets her clock in order to
> agree with other civilians for civilian purposes.

I should clarify this to mean the underlying "internationalized"
standard delta'ed to local time. Time zones are a trivial
refinement of a unifying theme.

Rob
NOAO
Received on Mon Jun 05 2006 - 16:14:54 PDT