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| − | A specific time includes a date and a clock time describing a specific Earth rotation around the Sun and specific Earth rotation around itself. The Earth's rotation around the Sun are influenced by it's elliptical orbit. The Earth rotation around itself called a solar day<ref>[[w:Solar day|Solar day]]</ref>are slowly decreasing increasing the length of the day. This among other factors has introduced the leap second<ref>[[w:Leap_second|Leap_second]]</ref>. | + | A specific time includes a date and a clock time describing a specific Earth rotation around the Sun and specific Earth rotation around itself. The Earth's rotation around the Sun are influenced by it's elliptical orbit. The Earth rotation around itself called a solar day<ref>[[w:Solar day|Solar day]]</ref> are slowly decreasing increasing the length of the day. This among other factors has introduced the leap second<ref>[[w:Leap_second|Leap_second]]</ref>. |
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Revision as of 15:23, 6 July 2013
The purpose of this article is to describe the necessary background information to understand time and date issues on the Internet and in computer clocks.
Calendar standards
In the western world we are using the Gregorian calender which is a solar calendar following the seasons and the Earth's orbit around the Sun
- See the article Calendar standards
Clock and Time standards
The clock are used to describe the time of the day and follows the Earth's rotation around itself. Each day representing one rotation of the Earth.
- See the article Clock and Time standards
Computer time and date
A specific time includes a date and a clock time describing a specific Earth rotation around the Sun and specific Earth rotation around itself. The Earth's rotation around the Sun are influenced by it's elliptical orbit. The Earth rotation around itself called a solar day[1] are slowly decreasing increasing the length of the day. This among other factors has introduced the leap second[2].