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they would be if everyone would just use UTC
by PHGamer 6y ago
they would be if everyone would just use UTC
- Unklejoe 6y agoLet's go a step further and use TAI to avoid leap seconds while we're at it.
- gorgoiler 6y agoThe orthodoxy is that the two most common forms of time stamps are: (1) Unambiguous: a time in the past that is represented by the number of seconds since the epoch, Jan 1 1970. When coupled with a location/jurisdiction, they can be converted into a wall-clock time like “1:23pm 04 May 2006 Europe/Paris.” (2) Ambiguous (but semantically meaningful): a time in the future that would be shown on a clock at the location of the event. The logging of IP addresses would use the former. The upcoming trial date for illegal torrenting would use the latter.