[conspire] time: one VERY LONG DAY - by law!

[Michael Paoli]

Okay, so, the various details of time can get "interesting".
There's daylight [saving] / Summer time,
There are legal changes to time,
thus timezones and changes thereof to their definitions and boundaries.
And of course we've got the length of the second,
and the less accurate Earth based timekeeping,
thus leap seconds, so added leap seconds,
and potentially subtract leap seconds (hasn't happened yet,
but thus far in the standard, so could).  There are also proposals to
do away with leap seconds (which basically solves one problem,
while creating many more, and also kicking bigger problem
further down the road).
There's UTC "vs." UT1 (solar) time, and the offset between them
(not to exceed +-0.9s, unless somebody changes things to be
stupid about leap seconds, like getting rid of them).
And there's of course fun with the Julian-->Gregorian calendar
transition, e.g.:
$ cal 9 1752
   September 1752
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
       1  2 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
$

But wait, there's more.  You also get, by law!:
"each day of the remainder of the 119th Congress shall not constitute
a calendar day for purposes of section 202 of the National Emergencies Act"
Yes, that's right, under law, one VERY LONG DAY.  Huh?  Say what?
Why such insanity?  Well, Democrats are pushing Republicans,
to force a vote, so they'll go on record ... 15 day time limit in existing law.
So, ... what do the Republicans do?  They redefine the length of a day!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKDPrsMaZU8&t=321s
Yes, for that act, one VERY LONG DAY - lasting to the end of the
current 119th Congress.
I'm guessing the Republican/MAGA voters weren't voting to have their
congress critters bow to #47 and extend the length of the day
by well over an order of magnitude - but there we have it.
And here I was wondering why it oft feels like this day doesn't end.