Re: When computer geeks start defining time

Tim Killian <TJK@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:BJidnaIyJqOuLRHeRVn-
hQ@xxxxxxxxxxx:

> Now that time standards are divorced from any events in the sky, here
> come the proposals to "rationalize" and/or metrify time units:
>
> http://zapatopi.net/metrictime/
>
> A soulless system for a gray, soulless world.

Just use Julian days. I do it all the time in the programs
I write. When loading date/time information from a file, I
convert it to julian. Makes it easier to put things in
chronological order.

Brian
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