Comments on: What time is it, exactly? https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/14/what-time-is-it-exactly/ Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:20:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Alcari https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/14/what-time-is-it-exactly/#comment-548488 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:20:35 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/14/what-time-is-it-exactly/#comment-548488 Ahh, telling time, yet another time Google is great at.

Just do a “search” for Time [name of place]

Examples, “Time New York” will return
8:17pm Thursday (EDT) – Time in New York, United States of America

“Time USA” will give you
8:17pm Thursday (EDT) – Time in Washington D.C., USA
Chicago 7:18pm CDT
Denver 6:18pm MDT
Phoenix 5:18pm MST
Los Angeles 5:18pm PDT
Anchorage 4:18pm AKDT
Honolulu 2:18pm HST

and “Time London” returns
1:17am Friday (BST) – Time in London, United Kingdom
London, Ontario 8:19pm -1 day EDT
London, Arkansas 7:19pm -1 day CDT

]]> By: Treppenwitz https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/14/what-time-is-it-exactly/#comment-548487 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:28:18 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/14/what-time-is-it-exactly/#comment-548487 What’s wrong with Phil Plait?

]]> By: Irene https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/14/what-time-is-it-exactly/#comment-548486 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:15:29 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/14/what-time-is-it-exactly/#comment-548486 Greg is not Phil Plait.

Thankfully.

]]> By: katydid13 https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/14/what-time-is-it-exactly/#comment-548485 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:32:56 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/14/what-time-is-it-exactly/#comment-548485 Hey! Don’t mock the site, I’ve used it when I’ve had to if we are currently on standard time or daylight savings time so put the right embargo time on stuff.

]]> By: Jason Thibeault https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/14/what-time-is-it-exactly/#comment-548484 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:39:06 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/14/what-time-is-it-exactly/#comment-548484 Charles,

Phil Plait couldn’t answer that last question either. None of us can. Yet. Anyone who says they can, is trying to sell something.

signed,
Jason

]]> By: Charles https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/14/what-time-is-it-exactly/#comment-548483 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:11:52 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/14/what-time-is-it-exactly/#comment-548483 @Charles,

Greg is not Phil Plait.

signed,
Charles

]]> By: Charles https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/14/what-time-is-it-exactly/#comment-548482 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:08:49 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/14/what-time-is-it-exactly/#comment-548482 But doesn’t time itself need a bit of space, some elbow room, in order to make time????

Oh,and was there time before the Big Bang?

]]> By: Katharine https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/14/what-time-is-it-exactly/#comment-548481 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:47:08 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/14/what-time-is-it-exactly/#comment-548481 (I am aware that Planck time is a unit .)

]]> By: Katharine https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/14/what-time-is-it-exactly/#comment-548480 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:44:51 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/14/what-time-is-it-exactly/#comment-548480 It doesn’t tell us when Hammer Time or Peanut Butter Jelly Time or Owl Stretching Time or Howdy Doody Time or Planck time are .

]]> By: george.w https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/14/what-time-is-it-exactly/#comment-548479 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:41:03 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/14/what-time-is-it-exactly/#comment-548479 Socialized time and pinko software nailed it to the fraction of a second.

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