On Tue, 22 Apr 2014, silverdr@wfmh.org.pl wrote: > >> At least you got the annoying AM/PM problem fixed where it counts and >> just use the 24hr scale. There are still some holdouts though... > > Like the date of 11/10/12.. <- who outside the US knows FOR SURE what day it is supposed to represent? > Timezones are my favourite (not unique to the US/UK though) one. If you wonder who owns getridoftimezones.org (without content yet) you guessed it right ;-) > > From: William Levak wlevak@sdf.org > >> Time zones were invented by the railroads to eliminate confusion. > > Not to create/add-to it? Really? ;-) > >> Prior to that, noon was when the sun was directly overhead wherever you >> were. > > Or at its highest point. And midnight half the time between the sunset and sunrise. Quite logical. > >> That was OK if you were a farmer, but the railroads could not even >> make a simple schedule because everyone was on a different time. > > Well. And now the whole world now has to deal with the confusion and error-proneness resulting from their lack of vision. And then during World War I, in an attempt to increase industrial production, Daylight Saving Time was introduced, and is still with us. wlevak@sdf.lonestar.org SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2014-04-23 10:00:41
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