Just realised that from tomorrow, we in Scotland, thanks to those clowns in our Government and their love of Europe, have to move to the metric time system. There is now a formulae for this,
This allows us to put together the formula ...
(Difference in Star Clock time ) = (-0.5) x (Difference in British Summer Time)
and conversely ...
(Difference in British Summer time) = (-2) x (Difference in Star Clock time )
Now let's define some variables.
let ST1 and LT1 represent the Star Clock time and the local time respectively at a particular instant.
let ST2 and LT2 represent the Star Clock time and the local time respectively at another instant.
Then the two equations above can be rewritten as ...
ST2 - ST1 = (-0.5) x ( LT2 - LT1 )
and
LT2 - LT1 = (-2) X ( ST2 - ST1 )
respectively. ( No, I don't understand it either )
We just don't need time to let it "bed in", I can tell you now, it is going to be a disaster, a major mess.
The twenty hour day may possibly work on some distant island in the middle of the Pacific, but, not in a country that has to work so closely to the rest of the world. Using the 72 minute hour may have a financial advantage for some, the minimum wage will be increased by 5% and it will be cheaper to hire labour by the hour, are these reasons enough for the changes.
Please support the fight to save our 24 hour clock .
31/03/08 @ 17:27