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Daylight savings (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Digital in sense of how they displayed time, sure, but not digital in how they update it. Not connected.

Not online. Offline clocks, I should've said.

Who would think digital clocks are newer than the Internet wth

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Oh, sure they are. The one I'm using has been around for 50 years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DCF77

Half the clocks sold here do support it, and even many "analog" (as in the clock face) ones.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

The time-keeping in Central Europe is a bit different than ours here in the Nordics I see.

Either I'm so high that I've forgotten, or I learned something new from reading that. Thanks. TIL.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Doctors and scientists argue that standard time is better for our health. Our internal clock is better aligned with getting light in the morning, which, in turn, sets us up for better sleep cycles.

Obviously.