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[–] subtext 67 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

In case anyone is curious, here’s what Wikipedia has to say about this:

The compromise that emerged was UTC, which conforms to the pattern for the abbreviations of the variants of Universal Time (UT0, UT1, UT2, UT1R, etc.).

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago (2 children)

So, Universal Time, Coordinated? Universal Time, Central?

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Universal Time? Correct.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Universal Time Cone
The C is pronounced like th

[–] Klear 5 points 1 week ago

No, horse. It was battery staple.

[–] subtext 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It’s still just Coordinated Universal Time / Temps Universel Coordonné. The “acronym” (really an initialism) does not correspond to the name in either language, other than it has the same first letters.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I get that, this was just me trying to find a decent way to remember it

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

I go with "universal time, coordinated" in my brain