King@lemy.lol to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 months agoTIL about Swatch Internet Time, a decimal time system that has no time zones.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square142fedilinkarrow-up1263arrow-down128file-text
arrow-up1235arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Swatch Internet Time, a decimal time system that has no time zones.en.wikipedia.orgKing@lemy.lol to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 months agomessage-square142fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTheLugal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·5 months agoIt is a marketing ploy to sell watches, it was never intended to be logical.
minus-squareSorgan71@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·5 months agoWatches were not invented by the time the system was popular
minus-squaremy_hat_stinks@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·5 months ago Swatch Internet Time (or .beat time) is a decimal time system introduced in 1998 by the Swatch corporation as part of their marketing campaign for their line of “.beat” watches. I could be wrong, but I’m fairly certain watches existed in 1998.
minus-squareSorgan71@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·5 months agoOh, i thought you meant time zones
minus-squareLobreeze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 months agoI could be wrong, but I’m fairly certain time zones existed in 1998.
It is a marketing ploy to sell watches, it was never intended to be logical.
Watches were not invented by the time the system was popular
I could be wrong, but I’m fairly certain watches existed in 1998.
Oh, i thought you meant time zones
I could be wrong, but I’m fairly certain time zones existed in 1998.