Re: System time/timezone, was Re: Maximum size .bash_aliases file

[Curt <curty@free.fr>]

On 2024-06-23, Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I think we are losing sight of the fact that all of timekeeping is an
> abstraction and over-generalization. Time zones were created to help
> regularize railroad schedules over wide areas. Timezones are an abstraction
> that permit us to _pretend_ that it is (physical) noon at the same clock
> time over an extended area. When in fact physical high-noon, determined by
> the sun's position in the sky, cannot be at the exact same time just a few
> centimeters west or east of my eyeballs.
>

Autrement dit, chacun voit midi à sa porte.
--