Internet Time
One time for the whole planet
How to read it
Point at a step, or tap it, to light up that part of the clock.
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The day is 1000 beats, no time zones.
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One beat lasts 86.4 seconds.
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@000 is midnight Biel Mean Time (UTC+1 all year, no daylight saving).
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To meet someone online, just agree on a beat.
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The story
In 1998 the watchmaker Swatch proposed abolishing time zones for the internet age: a day of 1000 'beats' counted from midnight Biel Mean Time (UTC+1), named after its Swiss hometown. @500 is the same instant everywhere on Earth.
- Year
- 1998
- Place
- Biel, Switzerland
- Creator
- Swatch
Fun fact
Swatch sold beat watches and even planned a satellite, released from the Mir space station, to broadcast beats. The dream died; the math survived.
