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It was supposed to start at 1:30PM CST [0], but it sounds like it is delayed [1] a few minutes [2]. [0] https://www.google.com/search?q=1%3A30+cst https://www.

by xur17 10y ago

It was supposed to start at 1:30PM CST [0], but it sounds like it is delayed [1] a few minutes [2]. [0] https://www.google.com/search?q=1%3A30+cst https://www.google.com/search?q=1%3A30+cst [1] https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/780835809696092161 https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/780835809696092161 [2] https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/780838839644483586 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/780838839644483586

lucb1e 10y ago
> CST sigh Central standard time I'm guessing, so mid-US I guess "central" and "standard" mean here, so I'm guesstimating GMT-7. That would put it around 8:30 GMT.
- mattmanser 10y ago
  Google "1:30pm CST". It shows it in your local time.
  - lucb1e 10y ago
    Yet if we'd just use GMT+/-x nobody would have to look up anything.
  - BurningFrog 10y ago
    Has anyone written a Chrome plugin that does this yet?
    - BurningFrog 10y ago
      This seems close to what I want: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/local-time-automatic-time/jkmnfhflkgcekodgohnkcmecndbghigp?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/local-time-automat...
- ryan-c 10y ago
  Central time is currently UTC-0500, so right now.
- verelo 10y ago
  While I know what you meant in the parent, "numeric timezone" isn't a thing. When it's in a numeric format the correct term is "offset". It cannot be referred to as a timezone as it's timezone will remain constant, but offset may change depending on the time of year (and the impact daylight savings has on the correct offset). For what it's worth, i too hate when people say things like "EST","CST" etc. Not only are they difficult to remember, but they're ambiguous. i.e. AEST is Australian Eastern Standard Time, but no one includes the A when it's spoken and rarely when its written, which often means when two people over email say "lets talk at 9am EST", hopefully they're on the same continent, or they will miss each other by around ~14 hours.
  - aninhumer 10y ago
    Well that's some interesting pedantry, but I think it was fairly clear what they meant, and I was sighing along with them when I had no idea what time the answer actually referred to.
  - spdustin 10y ago
    It is a thing. UTC-5:00, or Z-5, or the specific times 1830Z / 18:30UTC, for some examples. Also, for the rest of the thread, central time zone is currently observing daylight saving time, so the correct abbreviation is CDT. Sorry to jump in with such pedantry. Datetime math is hard! :)
    - verelo 10y ago
      Good point! I didn't consider numeric offsets from UTC / Zulu time, but they certainly are valid. Thanks for adding that comment.
- freehunter 10y ago
  You're too lazy to look up the start time so you ask some one to tell you, then when they tell you, you're too lazy to convert the time zone they used. You're acting like a child. Use Google if it's so damn inconvenient for you. You're an adult with the Internet right in front of you, act like it.
  - lucb1e 10y ago
    > Use Google if it's so damn inconvenient for you. Having to look it up is the inconvenience.

by xur17 10y ago

lucb1e 10y ago

> CST sigh Central standard time I'm guessing, so mid-US I guess "central" and "standard" mean here, so I'm guesstimating GMT-7. That would put it around 8:30 GMT.

mattmanser 10y ago
Google "1:30pm CST". It shows it in your local time.
- lucb1e 10y ago
  Yet if we'd just use GMT+/-x nobody would have to look up anything.
- BurningFrog 10y ago
  Has anyone written a Chrome plugin that does this yet?
  - BurningFrog 10y ago
    This seems close to what I want: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/local-time-automatic-time/jkmnfhflkgcekodgohnkcmecndbghigp?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/local-time-automat...
ryan-c 10y ago
Central time is currently UTC-0500, so right now.
verelo 10y ago
While I know what you meant in the parent, "numeric timezone" isn't a thing. When it's in a numeric format the correct term is "offset". It cannot be referred to as a timezone as it's timezone will remain constant, but offset may change depending on the time of year (and the impact daylight savings has on the correct offset). For what it's worth, i too hate when people say things like "EST","CST" etc. Not only are they difficult to remember, but they're ambiguous. i.e. AEST is Australian Eastern Standard Time, but no one includes the A when it's spoken and rarely when its written, which often means when two people over email say "lets talk at 9am EST", hopefully they're on the same continent, or they will miss each other by around ~14 hours.
- aninhumer 10y ago
  Well that's some interesting pedantry, but I think it was fairly clear what they meant, and I was sighing along with them when I had no idea what time the answer actually referred to.
- spdustin 10y ago
  It is a thing. UTC-5:00, or Z-5, or the specific times 1830Z / 18:30UTC, for some examples. Also, for the rest of the thread, central time zone is currently observing daylight saving time, so the correct abbreviation is CDT. Sorry to jump in with such pedantry. Datetime math is hard! :)
  - verelo 10y ago
    Good point! I didn't consider numeric offsets from UTC / Zulu time, but they certainly are valid. Thanks for adding that comment.
freehunter 10y ago
You're too lazy to look up the start time so you ask some one to tell you, then when they tell you, you're too lazy to convert the time zone they used. You're acting like a child. Use Google if it's so damn inconvenient for you. You're an adult with the Internet right in front of you, act like it.
- lucb1e 10y ago
  > Use Google if it's so damn inconvenient for you. Having to look it up is the inconvenience.