local time (was: something about Celeste)
Tim Rowledge
rowledge at interval.com
Fri Dec 3 01:27:04 UTC 1999
On Thu 02 Dec, Eric Ulevik wrote:
> All time zones use leap seconds except Saudi Arabia, which uses solar time.
>
> Solar time is time based on the sun. I'm not sure what they do about
> daylight saving. I suspect their second is not fixed, but elongates and
> shrinks with the seasons.
Please, please tell us you're kidding!
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