Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Mon, Oct 24 2005
Time Flies, Leaps and Falls Back
I'm under a deadline today, but here are some sites to view, since we're going to "fall back" in time this coming weekend.
First, there's The Official U.S. Time, brought to you by our collective taxpayer dollars. Time zones are color coded and you can click a state and get a java animation of the exact time.
Because of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 we are probably looking at going on Daylight Saving Time from the second Sunday of March until the first Sunday of November, beginning in 2007. What will happen to our neighbors in Canada? It looks as though at least some of them will be joining us.
And what about that famous "leap second" that keeps atomic clocks in synch with the sun? It may be living on borrowed time.
posted at: 14:55 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
I'm under a deadline today, but here are some sites to view, since we're going to "fall back" in time this coming weekend.
First, there's The Official U.S. Time, brought to you by our collective taxpayer dollars. Time zones are color coded and you can click a state and get a java animation of the exact time.
Because of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 we are probably looking at going on Daylight Saving Time from the second Sunday of March until the first Sunday of November, beginning in 2007. What will happen to our neighbors in Canada? It looks as though at least some of them will be joining us.
And what about that famous "leap second" that keeps atomic clocks in synch with the sun? It may be living on borrowed time.
posted at: 14:55 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
