Re:Time Has No Meaning at the North Pole
by dntbnmpls on Thursday March 19, 2020 @07:14PM
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> I'm afraid that I do actually now know what time it is where you are, to the nearest minute at any rate.
23:07:57 UTC
What time is it for me? Should I be preparing for bed or getting ready for breakfast? Am I in NYC or London or Tokyo?
> Nothing about your being at the (geographic) North Pole has impeded me in the slightest.
Who says I'm at the north pole?
> yet I have managed to ascertain what time it is where you are from you
Oh, you mean you need to know my location/time zone/offset? That's my point genius.
UTC doesn't tell you the time. UTC + offset tells you the time.
Me: "What time is it where you are?"
You: "It is 18:45 UTC."
I'm afraid that I do actually now know what time it is where you are, to the nearest minute at any rate. Nothing about your being at the (geographic) North Pole has impeded me in the slightest. Given that my telepathy is on the blink again today and yet I have managed to ascertain what time it is where you are from you, something must be wrong with your model of how one asks the time. Try SNTP; it's simpler. (-: