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A comment on Time Has No Meaning at the North Pole. Parent comment
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.
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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.