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[–] [email protected] 35 points 7 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Surely they will just use utc?

[–] [email protected] 27 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 18 points 7 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Shit you're right, I misremembered it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Appreciate you correcting your post, just one more needed.

ms = milliseconds

us = microseconds

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Easier to just round up lol