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Igel

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4. Now I get to teach my astro high school kids about UCT.

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 06:27 PM

Jul 22

"We're never going to run into that."

Then I ask them to go to their computers and check how to set the time zone. They see that Houston's UCT -06:00. And their computers actually run in UCT as does the entire Internet but they "translate" it to CDST or whatever for them.

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Earth is spinning faster, leading timekeepers to consider an unprecedented move [View all] milestogo Jul 22 OP

@ the tone . the time will be corrdinated universal time . this is wwv fort collins co. AllaN01Bear Jul 22 #1

Used to call for time long ago . sdfernando Jul 22 #2

I'd listen to wwv. Igel Jul 22 #3

when i was a kid id take an all wave recevier when i was in hospital AllaN01Bear Jul 22 #5

Now I get to teach my astro high school kids about UCT. Igel Jul 22 #4

so many things are linked to wwv and utc . blows onees mind. AllaN01Bear Jul 22 #6