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  • 20-03-2011 9:49pm
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    lil_lisa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,829 ✭✭✭


    Just out of curiosity, what's the (@xxx) beside the date and time on the home page? I'm sure its already been asked, its a difficult thing to search for.
    Post edited by Shield on


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    Darragh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,241 ✭✭✭Darragh


    Heya, not sure what you mean. Got an example or screenshot please?


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    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,893 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    Internet Time: http://www.timeanddate.com/time/internettime.html

    Swatch Internet Time Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Internet_Time


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    NeedaNewName
    Closed Accounts Posts: 409 ✭✭NeedaNewName


    Internet time


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    Morag
    Registered Users Posts: 8,427 ✭✭✭Morag


    http://www.timeanddate.com/time/internettime.html

    It's the time of day displayed in internet time.


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    Steve
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 22,584 CMod ✭✭✭✭Steve


    *pffft*

    Internet time??

    Nah, it's the number of bans from AH in the last hour.. everyone knows that :D


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    lil_lisa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,829 ✭✭✭lil_lisa


    Wow, thanks everyone!

    Just to clear, I was talking about this:

    152427.png

    and as people have posted links:
    New time unit - the .beat
    Instead of dividing the virtual and real day into 24 hours and 60 minutes per hour, the Internet Time system divides the day into 1000 ".beats". Each .beat is 1 minute and 26.4 seconds.

    New meridian
    Internet Time is based on a new Meridian (as opposed to the Greenwich Meridian). This new Meridian goes through Swatch's office in Biel, Switzerland and is called the BMT Meridian.

    BMT - the reference for Internet Time
    BMT, another invention of Swatch, Biel Mean Time, which is linked up to the Central European Winter/Standard time - which is UTC + 1 hour. When it is Midnight in BMT, the Internet Time is @000 beats, Noon is @500 beats.

    Time unit conversions

    Beat Unit Conversion Unit Beat Conversion
    1 .beat = 0.001 day 1 day = 1000 .beats
    1 .beat = 0.024 hours 1 hour = 41.666 .beats
    1 .beat = 1.44 minutes 1 minute = 0.6944 .beats
    1 .beat = 86.4 seconds 1 second = 0.01157 .beats


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