[OT] Time zones, etc (was A GNU COBOL status update)
[OT] Time zones, etc (was A GNU COBOL status update)
Posted Nov 18, 2023 7:52 UTC (Sat) by ssmith32 (subscriber, #72404)In reply to: [OT] Time zones, etc (was A GNU COBOL status update) by rgmoore
Parent article: A GNU COBOL status update
Redefine day..
Posted Nov 20, 2023 7:42 UTC (Mon)
by eduperez (guest, #11232)
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[OT] Time zones, etc (was A GNU COBOL status update)
A second is an arbitrary unit of measurement, all it takes to change it is a general consensus; but day and year have a physical meaning.