It's not a big deal. The phrase "solar noon will occur at 12:59pm" is perfectly intelligible. The scheduling of human affairs is political. The time shift is co

It's not a big deal. The phrase "solar noon will occur at 12:59pm" is perfectly intelligible. The scheduling of human affairs is political. The time shift is completely rational and even points to the fact that we as humans take up nature and put it to work for us. We give it meaning, we humanize nature. There is nothing wrong with this. Nobody is trying to legislate the position of the sun relative to the earth. The terms will retain a perfectly clear meaning in their respective contexts.