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Yes, we really need something better for global timing.

• hericium 4y ago
  Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) serves this purpose.
  • sgt 4y ago
    That's easier if you are close to UTC. Most australians have no idea what UTC means.
    • nuker 4y ago
      And what day, today or yesterday, am, pm…
    • gspr 4y ago
      Are you saying that understanding an UTC offset of 2h is significantly easier than understanding one of 10h?!
      • _trampeltier 4y ago
        For human yes
• senectus1 4y ago
  Its been tried... I actually had a watch with it built into it once. everyone I tried to convert to it used to look at me funny and back away: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Internet_Time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Internet_Time
  • MrDresden 4y ago
    That it has been tried as a marketing gimmick of a watch company does not exclude more serious attempts from trying.
    • senectus1 4y ago
      I'm down for that... and with the prevalence of smart watches with custom faces etc it should be super easy to do and spread. throw in some phone widgets and outlook addins and the world will make it work I'm sure
      • wumpus 4y ago
        I have both the watch complication and a menu-bar app on my Macs, but then again I'm an astronomer who works in a world-wide collaboration.