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You don't need to remember the method, you can deduce it from two simple facts: 1. In a perfect world, 12 o' clock is where sun at its highest peak in the sky,
by est 4y ago
You don't need to remember the method, you can deduce it from two simple facts:
1. In a perfect world, 12 o' clock is where sun at its highest peak in the sky, 24 o' clock is where sun below the horizon at its lowest.
2. If your are in northern hemisphere, the sun's trajectory is slightly off to the south.
Now try emulate the sun's rotation with your watch's hour hand.
- TheRealPomax 4y agoThe word "deduce" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.
- bigiain 4y agoMeh. If you know the trick exists, you can derive it from first principles, which for some people (me included) is a much easier "trick" than accurately remembering the exact steps/process for something like this. Maybe there's a important semantic difference between derive and deduce? But I totally agree with the grandparent poster.
- vesinisa 4y agoThis trick alone is why I think if daylight saving time is ever abandoned we should switch to permanent winter (~natural) time.
- politelemon 4y agoAgree for different reasons - working in tech in the UK, it would just match UTC and make life easier.