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Off topic: Why is this article dated December 2nd? It is still December 1st everywhere in the United States. Perhaps it was published after normal business hour

Off topic: Why is this article dated December 2nd? It is still December 1st everywhere in the United States. Perhaps it was published after normal business hours on the 1st, thus defaulting to the 2nd as the official date? Just curious.

mkonecny 12y ago
The internet doesn't exist solely in the US. It spans GMT -5 through GMT -8. There are countries that are up to 16 hours ahead in time..
- eru 12y ago
  > It spans GMT -5 through GMT -8. Please explain.
  - sanxiyn 12y ago
    US mainland does span from GMT-5 to GMT-8.
    - eru 12y ago
      Oh, for some reason I assumed `it' meant the world.
- Nicholas_C 12y ago
  I assumed Nature was a US publication. Oops.
michael_storm 12y ago
Maybe their servers use UTC.
greenburger 12y ago
Nature Publishing Group is based in London
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ben1040 12y ago
Nature is published from London, the article was probably embargoed for publication on December 2 at midnight local time.
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thejosh 12y ago
Because maybe the internet is global and not every site on the internet is US time?
- Nicholas_C 12y ago
  I assumed Nature is a US publication. Oops.