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Daylight saving creator left the chat.... (lemmy.world)
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[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Surely they will just use utc?

[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 26 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

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/

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Shit you're right, I misremembered it.

[–] RustyWizard@programming.dev 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Appreciate you correcting your post, just one more needed.

ms = milliseconds

us = microseconds

[–] WeirdAlex03@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 months ago

Easier to just round up lol