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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by dwighttk on Sunday September 25, 2022 @06:08PM (#32976884)
Why does midnight matter? And since we don’t use local noon, why does noon matter?
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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by shadowofneptune on Sunday September 25, 2022 @07:12PM (#32977416)
It matters in the astronomer's case (which does use local noon) because that's when they do their work. For the version where .00 is midnight in the local time zone, well... it's how we live our lives! I'd argue the week is more important than the months for the same reason.
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