https://xkcd.com/2867

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It’s not just time zones and leap seconds. SI seconds on Earth are slower because of relativity, so there are time standards for space stuff (TCB, TGC) that use faster SI seconds than UTC/Unix time. T2 - T1 = [God doesn’t know and the Devil isn’t telling.]

  • Alien Nathan Edward
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    210 months ago

    at the resolution of clock drift in milliseconds when I’m running reports that are, at most, only specific to the day?

    • Kogasa
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      110 months ago

      Clock drift? No. Time zones? Probably.

      • Alien Nathan Edward
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        110 months ago

        not really time zones either outside the edge case where a data point exists within delta of midnight so that the time zone drift would result in a date change

        • Kogasa
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          110 months ago

          Time zones change. Relative times without time zones don’t make sense.