King@lemy.lol to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 months agoTIL about Swatch Internet Time, a decimal time system that has no time zones.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square109fedilinkarrow-up1241arrow-down126file-text
arrow-up1215arrow-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-29 months agomessage-square109fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTheLugal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·9 months agoIt is a marketing ploy to sell watches, it was never intended to be logical.
minus-squareSorgan71@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·9 months agoWatches were not invented by the time the system was popular
minus-squaremy_hat_stinks@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·9 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-down2·9 months agoOh, i thought you meant time zones
minus-squareLobreeze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 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.