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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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[–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

This one is good (or evil, depends on how you see it):

Human-readable dates can be specified in universally understood formats such as 05/07/11.

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