AwesomeLowlander comments on *Leap seconds* were one-second adjustments occasionally applied to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) between 1972 and 2016

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

It's essentially a 'We don't really care if it's in perfect sync to the earth spin all the time, we'll just sync it manually at some point in the future'. Which, fair, do you really care if 12pm is the exact physical high noon or off by a few minutes?

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[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

As an environmental scientist, I care. It hurts me that there is a drift in my data that is entirely anthropogenic and I must spend time to account for.

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[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

That's perfectly understandable, but it's more a hindrance than any sort of benefit for most people and computer systems, isn't it?

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[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 weeks ago (3 children)

We have DST changes because when we should have an extra hour of daylight matters. If its going in one direction though, we can just make DST 2 hours earlier and standard time 1 hour earlier. Not sure of direction. Cancel changes midway through.

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[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 weeks ago (2 children)

DST is the dumbest thing ever and needs to die.

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[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child)

It would be dark at 9am where I am on some winter days without it. Without standard time, I'd get woken up at 4:30am though, some days.

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[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 weeks ago

I've lived in Norway, so I know all about sunlight and the lack of it. There's no benefit to DST that couldn't be obtained by other methods, without messing with time and messing up everybody who has international connections.

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