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> "base it on the month with 6 going up 10 minutes and 6 going down." Back before Japan adopted our current time system, they adjusted their clocks every two w
by technothrasher 11mo ago
> "base it on the month with 6 going up 10 minutes and 6 going down."
Back before Japan adopted our current time system, they adjusted their clocks every two weeks. They adjusted the "hour" markers so that there were always six temporal hours of daylight and six of darkness, with the time period of the hours changing.
- taeric 11mo agoThats really cool, I'll have to dig into knowing why they did that and why they stopped. My gut is that the way we do DST -- by moving what timezone everyone is in -- is just not compatible with that sort of system. I pushed for the idea as it is by far more closely aligned with solar time than what we have. That is, sun dials did this somewhat automatically for many years, no? (They, of course, also stretch how long an hour is... I am not that sadistic)