@[email protected] to Today I LearnedEnglish • edit-28 months agoTIL about Swatch Internet Time, a decimal time system that has no time zones.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square140fedilinkarrow-up1263arrow-down128file-text
arrow-up1235arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Swatch Internet Time, a decimal time system that has no time zones.en.wikipedia.org@[email protected] to Today I LearnedEnglish • edit-28 months agomessage-square140fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@Sorgan71linkEnglish-4•8 months agoWatches were not invented by the time the system was popular
minus-squaremy_hat_stinkslinkfedilinkEnglish7•8 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•8 months agoI could be wrong, but I’m fairly certain time zones existed in 1998.
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.