Flower comments on Time’s up for the leap second as scientists swap it for the leap hour

Time’s up for the leap second as scientists swap it for the leap hour (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] Flower@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago (1 child)

3 hours. Some places are in the wrong timezone for economic reasons. Lot's of western european countries should be in GMT according to longitude.

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[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Spain is in CET even though most of the country is at the same longitude as the UK. Time zones have been turned into a political concept more than a purely geographic one.

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