Re: "A diagram of C23 basic types"

Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:

On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 23:34:53 -0400, James Kuyper wrote:

Strictly speaking, "Julian Day" is the number of days since Jan 01 4713
BCE at Noon ...

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In which time zone?

Basically UTC, but officially Terrestrial Time.

Which raises an interesting point.  Having the Julian Day Number change
at noon is convenient for astronomers who make observations at night,
but it works only for observers within a few hours of Greenwich.
I expect the convenience is fairly minor, so it's probably not a big
deal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_day

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