Re: What Time Is It on the Moon?

Tom Roberts <tjoberts137@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

On 8/8/24 2:18 PM, J. J. Lodder wrote:

The most pressing problem with [lunar timing an location):
what are they going to call the lunar equivalent of the geoid?
The 'loonoid', perhaps?

 
A more pressing problem is: which timezone(s) will be used?
With a ~ 700-hour "day" it's not clear what to do....

That has been solved for the time being: no time zones. [1]

No leap seconds either, all clocks in space refer to TAI,
or to coordinate times that are linked directly to TAI.
(like TCB or TCG for example)

Jan

[1] IIRC Heinlein's Loonies have no time zones either.