So much politics going on in this map.

The eternal UK 🤝 Portugal alliance and the awkward space it creates between them.

Spain and Poland are in the same timezones.

The weird corridor created by Belarus.

Ukraine is in a separate tz from Russia, I wonder when that was established

What the hell is going on with the light blue in the east?

  • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Unfortunately even UTC isn’t perfect once time dilation becomes a factor (eg. Satellites)

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      1 year ago

      It still works. You need to know your correction, but it’s just like a computer with a slow clock. UTC doesn’t explicitly state it, but it’s reference is to a non inertial frame, on the earth’s surface. (Rotational effects are far smaller than current clock errors, and transmission time errors)