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Daylight saving creator left the chat.... (lemmy.world)
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[–] 35 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Soon we're going to have a new timezone for the moon. Yay, I guess?

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Surely they will just use utc?

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Can't be that simple due to time dilation effect. Time moves at a different rate in moon, about 1s 58.7 μs difference per day.

    https://www.reuters.com/science/white-house-directs-nasa-create-time-standard-moon-2024-04-02/

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    That article says 58.7 microseconds per (Earth) day. Not 1s.

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