• trolololol@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Yep, relativity accounts for a difference of like 50ms drift per earth day. I would assume that it’s forward drifting if you’re on earth but backwards if you’re on the moon.

    Take that, timezone whiners!

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      7 months ago

      It’s been a long time since I took modern physics, so I’m not positive, but I think you’re right that the moon would have time moving slower, and if your 50ms/day is right, then you’d need to do something like skip a second every 20th day on the moon to keep pace with Earth. We could call it an “anti-leap-second”

      Programmers, that seems pretty simple; what’s the big deal? /s