Why Denmark Is .17 Seconds Behind The World

December 15, 2019 1 Comment

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Measuring time is a complicated thing. Computers, banks, and stock markets in Denmark all use UTC, the international standard: but according to the law, they shouldn’t.

🤓 Also see Falsehoods programmers believe about time and time zones

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