<p>In Ethiopia the day begins at dawn which of course varies slightly throughout the year.<br>
Yeah. Policy made by non-scientists that pertain to science.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 27, 2011 10:27 AM, "Mike Harrison" <<a href="mailto:cluon@geeklabs.com">cluon@geeklabs.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> On Sat, 27 Aug 2011, Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
>> As astounding as it may seem, yes, even policy writers are bound by natural<br>>> law.<br>>><br>>> Even the ones who try and legislate pi to be exactly 3.<br>> <br>> I'm currently dealing with a (foreign) legal system that is defining:<br>
> <br>> The last day of the month at exactly midnight, as the last timestamp of <br>> the day, and they want data readings timestamped '2011-09-01 00:00:00' to <br>> be what they think of as '2011-08-31 00:00:00' not groking that is the <br>
> begining of that day, not the end of it.. at least as far as the OS <br>> (Linux of course) and MySQL are concerned.<br>> <br>> mysql> select date_add('2011-08-31 23:59:55',interval 5 second) ;<br>
> +---------------------------------------------------+<br>> | date_add('2011-08-31 23:59:55',interval 5 second) |<br>> +---------------------------------------------------+<br>> | 2011-09-01 00:00:00 |<br>
> <br>> Which makes it the first day of the next month.<br>> <br>> Lawyers and Politicians. Yyyeeeaaahhhh...<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>
> _______________________________________________<br>> Ale mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org">Ale@ale.org</a><br>> <a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>
> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br>> <a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br></div>