[time-nuts] Time-zones and World time..

[David Forbes]

At 9:42 AM -0400 10/30/08, Chuck Harris wrote:
>With the great ease of computers to make the transformations,
>there really isn't any point in removing local timezones.  It
>is just a table after all... it is nothing like the old days when
>every major town used Local Sidereal Time (eg. 12:00 is when the
>sun is at its highest).  That caused major problems for the
>railroads.
>
>-Chuck Harris

Chuck,

I don't think you meant to say sidereal time, which is based the 
stars, not the sun. There are 366.25 or so days in a sidereal year!

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