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Ask Slashdot: How Many Time Standards Are There?

Posted by timothy on from the didn't-suffer-slept-right-through-it dept.

jjoelc writes "Being one of those 'suffering' through the time change last night, the optimist in me reminded me that it could be much worse. That's when I started wondering how many different time/date standards there really are. Wikipedia is a good starting point, but is sorely lacking in the various formats used by e.g. Unix, Windows, TRS-80, etc. And that is without even getting into the various calendars that have been in and out of use throughout the ages. So how about it? How many different time/date 'standards' can we come up with? I'm betting there are more than a few horror stories of having to translate between them..."

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  1. Clearly.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Slow news day apparently. Plenty of time to post on /. about the meaningless.