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I'm just recognizing the facts of the planet we live in. Lots of interested parties are in the US, so it makes sense to also simply add US times. Especially con

by geuis 4y ago

I'm just recognizing the facts of the planet we live in. Lots of interested parties are in the US, so it makes sense to also simply add US times. Especially considering its a US company (hopefully) launching from US soil.

tulio_ribeiro 4y ago
I’m so surprised that a country who still clings to the imperial system would have any clue about UTC, the time standard that the rest of the world uses. The launch is scheduled to 1300 UTC, for us engineering folks.
- geuis 4y ago
  Its currently 6:10pm in Beijing. Its also 6:10pm everywhere else in China (https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/china https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/china). Because that's a country that doesn't use the imperial system and still insists its the same time as the eastern capital no matter where else in the country people happen to be. Lets also mention that China is almost the same width as the US, probably larger to be fair.
  - ricardobeat 4y ago
    It probably pays off in efficiency. I was gonna say it must be weird to see solar noon at 3pm, or live in one of the western provinces and have sunrise at 4:30pm / sunset at 9-10pm for part of the year, but that describes life in the Netherlands too.
- bombcar 4y ago
  UTC (Zulu) is universally used by airplane people. Most have at least heard of it, even if they don't easily do the math.
  - Titan2189 4y ago
    "airplane people" - technical term
    - pineaux 4y ago
      Bit like crab people Plane people, Plane people, Fly like plane! Lie like people!
- tssva 4y ago
  The US doesn't use the imperial system.
ianai 4y ago
Going back, I have a clear memory of big events with global viewership being typically advertised with multiple time zones at a time. It was almost a bit of a marketing gag even for financial firms to have a ton of clocks up with labels displaying many different time zones. So yes, no reason to chose 1 time zone and force readers to do mental math. Just list “London: , Tokyo: , Sydney: , LA: , NYC: , Lagos: , Singapore: , Mumbai: “ etc.
- mlatu 4y ago
  at least they could have used good old internet time. @490
Narkov 4y ago
> I'm just recognizing the facts of the planet we live in. I think you will find, with absolutely no supporting evidence to back this up, that there will be more people outside of the US watching than from the US.

by geuis 4y ago

tulio_ribeiro 4y ago

I’m so surprised that a country who still clings to the imperial system would have any clue about UTC, the time standard that the rest of the world uses. The launch is scheduled to 1300 UTC, for us engineering folks.

geuis 4y ago
Its currently 6:10pm in Beijing. Its also 6:10pm everywhere else in China (https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/china https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/china). Because that's a country that doesn't use the imperial system and still insists its the same time as the eastern capital no matter where else in the country people happen to be. Lets also mention that China is almost the same width as the US, probably larger to be fair.
- ricardobeat 4y ago
  It probably pays off in efficiency. I was gonna say it must be weird to see solar noon at 3pm, or live in one of the western provinces and have sunrise at 4:30pm / sunset at 9-10pm for part of the year, but that describes life in the Netherlands too.
bombcar 4y ago
UTC (Zulu) is universally used by airplane people. Most have at least heard of it, even if they don't easily do the math.
- Titan2189 4y ago
  "airplane people" - technical term
  - pineaux 4y ago
    Bit like crab people Plane people, Plane people, Fly like plane! Lie like people!
tssva 4y ago
The US doesn't use the imperial system.

ianai 4y ago

Going back, I have a clear memory of big events with global viewership being typically advertised with multiple time zones at a time. It was almost a bit of a marketing gag even for financial firms to have a ton of clocks up with labels displaying many different time zones. So yes, no reason to chose 1 time zone and force readers to do mental math. Just list “London: , Tokyo: , Sydney: , LA: , NYC: , Lagos: , Singapore: , Mumbai: “ etc.

mlatu 4y ago
at least they could have used good old internet time. @490

Narkov 4y ago

> I'm just recognizing the facts of the planet we live in. I think you will find, with absolutely no supporting evidence to back this up, that there will be more people outside of the US watching than from the US.