@[email protected] to Today I LearnedEnglish • edit-211 months agoTIL about Swatch Internet Time, a decimal time system that has no time zones.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square140fedilinkarrow-up1263arrow-down128file-text
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minus-squareTheLugallinkEnglish8•11 months agoIt is a marketing ploy to sell watches, it was never intended to be logical.
minus-square@Sorgan71linkEnglish-4•11 months agoWatches were not invented by the time the system was popular
minus-squaremy_hat_stinkslinkfedilinkEnglish7•11 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-square@LobreezelinkEnglish7•11 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.