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re: Don't Forget To Set Your Clocks Back
Posted on 11/4/17 at 5:19 am to SamuelClemens
Posted on 11/4/17 at 5:19 am to SamuelClemens
BTW, aren't there a few states that don't follow DST?
Also, the moon moves away in orbit from Earth approx 1" per year, slowing down the Earth's rotation by a few seconds every year. So, when will we reach an hour point to where it takes 25 hours for a day to pass? (Too lazy to search)
Also, the moon moves away in orbit from Earth approx 1" per year, slowing down the Earth's rotation by a few seconds every year. So, when will we reach an hour point to where it takes 25 hours for a day to pass? (Too lazy to search)
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Posted on 11/4/17 at 5:24 am to SamuelClemens
200 million years
Posted on 11/4/17 at 5:52 am to SamuelClemens
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So, when will we reach an hour point to where it takes 25 hours for a day to pass? (Too lazy to search)
Our days are getting 1/500th of a second longer every century, you do the math.
Posted on 11/4/17 at 8:38 am to SamuelClemens
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, aren't there a few states that don't follow DST?
Part of AZ doesn't. I used to work with people there while living on the east coast, and sometimes they were 3 hours behind while others they were 2
Posted on 11/4/17 at 9:59 am to SamuelClemens
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Also, the moon moves away in orbit from Earth approx 1" per year, slowing down the Earth's rotation by a few seconds every year. So, when will we reach an hour point to where it takes 25 hours for a day to pass? (Too lazy to search)
We have a "leap second" every year two to adjust the clock for that sort of situation.
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