Comments on: Digital Watches are a Pretty Neat Idea http://underground.infovark.com/2009/01/08/digital-watches-are-a-pretty-neat-idea/ The Infovark technology blog Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:24:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Times, They Are A-Changin’ « Infovark Underground http://underground.infovark.com/2009/01/08/digital-watches-are-a-pretty-neat-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-214 The Times, They Are A-Changin’ « Infovark Underground Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:33:09 +0000 http://underground.infovark.com/?p=257#comment-214 [...] I made a plea for the adoption of Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) in computer applications. It’s a sensible recommendation, and I stand behind [...] [...] I made a plea for the adoption of Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) in computer applications. It’s a sensible recommendation, and I stand behind [...]

]]> By: Mark http://underground.infovark.com/2009/01/08/digital-watches-are-a-pretty-neat-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Mark Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:12:50 +0000 http://underground.infovark.com/?p=257#comment-132 You left out that computers today do sync (normally weekly) to time.windows.com or whatever the Mac server is. Those sync with an accurate atomic clock. Phones do similar things with the network's servers. But overall, great article. Avoiding DLS and time zones would be great for programmers, but I think it just needs to be overcome. Unix timestamps are pretty great - convert them to UTC for everything and then unconvert them when displaying works pretty well. You left out that computers today do sync (normally weekly) to time.windows.com or whatever the Mac server is. Those sync with an accurate atomic clock. Phones do similar things with the network’s servers.

But overall, great article. Avoiding DLS and time zones would be great for programmers, but I think it just needs to be overcome. Unix timestamps are pretty great – convert them to UTC for everything and then unconvert them when displaying works pretty well.

]]> By: Trey Boudreau http://underground.infovark.com/2009/01/08/digital-watches-are-a-pretty-neat-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Trey Boudreau Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:08:33 +0000 http://underground.infovark.com/?p=257#comment-131 While I agree that we should all switch to UTC, that won't eliminate the need to do the math when dealing with GPS: it doesn't include leap seconds like the one we just added at 23:59:60 31-Dec-2008. While I agree that we should all switch to UTC, that won’t eliminate the need to do the math when dealing with GPS: it doesn’t include leap seconds like the one we just added at 23:59:60 31-Dec-2008.

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