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*The only way EST is ''free of historical baggage'' is that it breaks free of any sensible bits of historical baggage; it keeps such things as the 30-day month and 12-month year, but adopts a different (and variable) length of day that would make it wildly out of sync with the Earth's day-night cycle. | *The only way EST is ''free of historical baggage'' is that it breaks free of any sensible bits of historical baggage; it keeps such things as the 30-day month and 12-month year, but adopts a different (and variable) length of day that would make it wildly out of sync with the Earth's day-night cycle. | ||
*EST is ''compatible with old units'', as far as seconds, minutes, and hours are concerned, though not for days, months, or years. | *EST is ''compatible with old units'', as far as seconds, minutes, and hours are concerned, though not for days, months, or years. | ||
− | *EST is indeed very ''precisely synced with the solar cycle'' | + | *EST is indeed very ''precisely synced with the solar cycle''. |
*EST is ''free of leap years'', though some EST years are 8 hours longer than others on account of having an extra full moon. | *EST is ''free of leap years'', though some EST years are 8 hours longer than others on account of having an extra full moon. | ||
*A calendar ''amenable to date math'' makes it easy to find the length of time between two dates and times by having standardized periods of time. The complex variability of the length of EST years, days, and hours mean it is only ''intermittently'' amenable to date math, which is to say not at all. | *A calendar ''amenable to date math'' makes it easy to find the length of time between two dates and times by having standardized periods of time. The complex variability of the length of EST years, days, and hours mean it is only ''intermittently'' amenable to date math, which is to say not at all. |