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You forgot that UTC (or timekeeping in general) itself is a diff.

• fouronnes3 2y ago
  Oh that's a great point! We have achieved diff^5 at last! Now that I think of it, we could even stretch it one more level. In practice UTC is "realized" as a "best of" diff to atomic clocks in labs around the world, which are themselves diff against a fixed time point, as you pointed out. So that realization technically changes when the official UTC bulletin[1] is published by BIPM. So diff^6! [1] https://www.bipm.org/en/time-metrology https://www.bipm.org/en/time-metrology
  • hhdhdbdb 2y ago
    Can we bring relativity in for another diff :)
  • flippyhead 2y ago
    Yes, but, it's always 5 o'clock somewhere, amiriiight??
  • Yossarrian22 2y ago
    Don’t forget using GPS to get the time and tell you if you’ve crossed time zones
    • gavindean90 2y ago
      So would that be diff ^ 10?