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> No! Let's keep time that make sense, I like the concept that the sun is at its highest at noon. But in how many places during 'normal time' is this even actu
by Svip 9y ago
> No! Let's keep time that make sense, I like the concept that the sun is at its highest at noon.
But in how many places during 'normal time' is this even actually true? No where in Spain is this true, and even for territories within their timezone, only a tiny sliver of land actually meets the above criteria.
In England, the further east or west you get from GMT, the further you are from the Sun being the highest at noon by minutes, quarters and more.
Timezones aren't even really accurate currently if we ignore daylight savings time, so why pretend it is?
And honestly, if the purpose is for there to be more lighter hours during the evening, why not just adjust time so our current 14:00 is 12:00? And stick with that all year round?
- lmm 9y ago> And honestly, if the purpose is for there to be more lighter hours during the evening, why not just adjust time so our current 14:00 is 12:00? And stick with that all year round? Because that's aesthetically ugly. Can't we just change work hours to be 7:00-15:00 instead?
- lower 9y agoEven in Greenwich, it is true only twice a year.
- dorfsmay 9y agoDo you mean the shortest of the year on summer solstice? I'm confused by your statement... Isn't the shadow the shortest for any given day at (geographical noon) for that day?
- lower 9y agoOn almost all days the sun does not reach its highest point (solar noon) exactly at 12 noon. Have a look at the graph on this site (The red line is the time of solar noon): https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/uk/greenwich-city https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/uk/greenwich-city Even in Greenwich, 12 noon winter time can be off of solar noon by about 15 minutes in either direction throughout the year.
- dorfsmay 9y agoI'd love to understand why there is a variance from day to day...