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Not at all.
To quote Feynman: "Nature cannot be fooled".
The earth will rotatate in a (slightly) chaotic fashion. Midnight has a definition which is based on astronomy.
Thus, you need to adjust the length of a second (which is not desirable) or the number of seconds in a day.
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Not at all.
To quote Feynman: "Nature cannot be fooled".
The earth will rotatate in a (slightly) chaotic fashion. Midnight has a definition which is based on astronomy.
Thus, you need to adjust the length of a second (which is not desirable) or the number of seconds in a day.