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.]

  • Kogasa
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    11 months ago

    Clock drift? No. Time zones? Probably.

    • Alien Nathan Edward@lemm.ee
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      11 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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        11 months ago

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