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Swatch Internet Time was almost kind of a thing in the late 90s.

• ginko 3mo ago
  I almost think that one was a bit too early. Having a "universal" way to share time that's not timezone ambiguous would be pretty handy these days.
  • vova_hn2 3mo ago
    Why not use UTC?
    • ginko 3mo ago
      Because then you have to add that you mean UTC since the time format looks like local time. With beats it's obvious from the formatting that it's internet time.
      • weberer 3mo ago
        Just add a Z at the end. For example 19:18Z. Its standard in military time and ISO 8601.
  • ArekDymalski 3mo ago
    I used to think the same, as I was fascinated with the Swatch Beat time concept. Until I read this: https://qntm.org/abolish https://qntm.org/abolish - the brilliant argument against universal time.