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Re:A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of J... by outworlder on Monday January 05, 2015 @03:17PM (#8840859)
12:00 is almost never midday. Even in equator, "midday" drifts by several minutes as the year goes by. Sunrise and sunset times vary a lot by latitude, so 5:00 in one location might mean sunrise, where in another location the sun won't come up for a couple of hours. Ditto for sunset. Even DST can't compensate if the sun is rising at 6:00 and setting at 22:00.
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Re:A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of J... by dwb on Monday January 05, 2015 @04:13PM (#8841201)
Midday doesn't have to be that precise, and you centre your day around it rather than move the day around sunrise and sunset. It may be that Swatch Internet Time was rather _before_ its time rather than something that will never catch on, but the current system works really well for pretty much everyone.
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