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minus-squarevinnymac@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up32·2 months agoI’m now imagining a child who must write 2026-05-10T10:06:09.426792Z on all of their tests.
minus-squarelittleonescared@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down3·2 months agoThey should also add a timezone since most of us don’t live at UTC zero timezones -> 2012-12-28T18:12:33+09:00
minus-squareJesus_666@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·2 months agoThey did; the Z at the end denotes UTC.
minus-squarelittleonescared@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 months agoMy point was not everyone is just at UTC zero but sure Z is also a timezone.
minus-squareVinstaal0@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoMost people communicate mostly with people in the same timezone’s, partially because most countries only have one timezone.
minus-squareDeestan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoMicrosecond precision is fine for most use cases, but I teach my kids to use nanoseconds.
minus-squareArtyom@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 months agoIt’s a flexible standard. 2026-05-10T10:06:09.426792Z, 2026-05-10 10:06:09.426792Z, 2026-05-10 10:06:09.426792 , and 2026-05-10 all conform to the standard.
I’m now imagining a child who must write
2026-05-10T10:06:09.426792Zon all of their tests.They should also add a timezone since most of us don’t live at UTC zero timezones -> 2012-12-28T18:12:33+09:00
They did; the
Zat the end denotes UTC.My point was not everyone is just at UTC zero but sure Z is also a timezone.
Most people communicate mostly with people in the same timezone’s, partially because most countries only have one timezone.
Microsecond precision is fine for most use cases, but I teach my kids to use nanoseconds.
It’s a flexible standard.
2026-05-10T10:06:09.426792Z,2026-05-10 10:06:09.426792Z,2026-05-10 10:06:09.426792, and2026-05-10all conform to the standard.