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A comment on UTC: How Greenwich mean time became the world standard.

Re:UTC: How Greenwich mean time became the world standard by stephengillie on Tuesday May 28, 2013 @06:58AM (#5779230)
Sometimes, it seems like the world operates in 3 time zones: UTC, China time, and Pacific (SV/Redmond) time. These time zones are 8 hours apart.
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Re:UTC: How Greenwich mean time became the world standard by alan_cx on Tuesday May 28, 2013 @08:11AM (#5779440)
Please correct me if I am wrong, but that sounds like a very US-centric view. I'm not sure the "world" operates like that at all.
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Re:UTC: How Greenwich mean time became the world standard by stephengillie on Tuesday May 28, 2013 @02:30PM (#5781723)
How is it "US-centric" to include non-European time zones? Do you know how many countries use China time?
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