Comment by Animats 13 hours ago "The 6-pound cannon is fired everyday at 1 PM, from May to September."Not at local noon? 5 comments Animats Reply rob74 2 hours ago Before they introduced Daylight Saving Time, it was probably at local noon. It would be at local noon if it were fired between October and March, but it's only May to September, so... impossiblefork 13 hours ago Sweden user summer time, so we get up earlier during the bright part of the year.So it's still local noon. kzrdude 4 hours ago During summer, the peak sun altitude is at 1 pm (approximately) which makes it noon. ahazred8ta 9 hours ago At 12:00, the calibration people were busy nailing down the time, so the public sync signal was given at 1. p_l 13 hours ago For navigational purposes you want your "noon" to be aligned with a known datum, and that often was Greenwich meridian.
rob74 2 hours ago Before they introduced Daylight Saving Time, it was probably at local noon. It would be at local noon if it were fired between October and March, but it's only May to September, so...
impossiblefork 13 hours ago Sweden user summer time, so we get up earlier during the bright part of the year.So it's still local noon.
kzrdude 4 hours ago During summer, the peak sun altitude is at 1 pm (approximately) which makes it noon.
ahazred8ta 9 hours ago At 12:00, the calibration people were busy nailing down the time, so the public sync signal was given at 1.
p_l 13 hours ago For navigational purposes you want your "noon" to be aligned with a known datum, and that often was Greenwich meridian.
Before they introduced Daylight Saving Time, it was probably at local noon. It would be at local noon if it were fired between October and March, but it's only May to September, so...
Sweden user summer time, so we get up earlier during the bright part of the year.
So it's still local noon.
During summer, the peak sun altitude is at 1 pm (approximately) which makes it noon.
At 12:00, the calibration people were busy nailing down the time, so the public sync signal was given at 1.
For navigational purposes you want your "noon" to be aligned with a known datum, and that often was Greenwich meridian.