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xkcd #2867: DateTime (imgs.xkcd.com)
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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.]

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Is it you in the bottom right spotlight over there?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Looks like they've lost something.