Civil time
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civil-time-169-14107088
title:
Civil time
text:
In modern usage, civil time refers to statutory time as designated by civilian authorities. Modern civil time is generally national standard time in a time zone at a fixed offset from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), possibly adjusted by daylight saving time during part of the year. UTC is calculated by reference to atomic clocks and was adopted in 1972. Older systems use telescope observations. In traditional astronomical usage, civil time was mean solar time reckoned from midnight. Before 192
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Statutory local time in some given area
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_time
date created:
2005-02-17T21:46:46Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T15:30:30Z
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