On 2016-07-24 01:39, Paul Eggert wrote:
On 07/24/2016 03:54 AM, Arthur David Olson wrote:
The time zone cabal dates to 1989 That's just the current incarnation. Previous editions of the cabal go back way before that. Here's a quote from a scholarly paper on timekeeping in ancient Mesopotamia: "It seems that this populace lived at least from the inception of writing with a reality-distorting system of timekeeping, which is a by no means surprising development." Englund KR. Administrative timekeeping in ancient Mesopotamia. J Econ Soc Hist Orient 31, 2 (1988), 121-85. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3632096 also http://cdli.ucla.edu/staff/englund/publications/englund1988a.pdf quote on p.181; another quote from the previous p.180 which we can all relate to, summarizing the previous section on Sumerian labour time accounting: "This rationalization and quantification of labor time executed by ancient management presupposes an outlook which many will recognize in present day organization, ..."
Time cabals should include: the Jewish Sanhedrin: http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/3920-calendar-history-of the Roman Collegium Pontificum who published the Fasti (courts, markets, and sacred calendar), regulated what should and could be done when on those days, and announced the sighting of the new moon on the Kalends e.g. http://www.webexhibits.org/calendars/calendar-roman.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_calendar -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada