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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: NASA Trying To Create "Lunar Time Zone" - Why ?
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2024 00:34:35 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sat, 5 Oct 2024 20:30:30 -0400, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

> Ummmm ... once you're off the Earth, might be fair to just DROP some
> Earth-related things, including "time zones". Just declare the moon -
> whole thing all the time - to be GMT.

First of all, the international time standard reference is “UTC”, not 
“GMT”.

Secondly, “UTC” is defined in an Earth-based reference. Trying to use it 
on the Moon will lead to a discrepancy of 56µs per day. This was mentioned 
in the article you linked; you *did* read it, didn’t you?

That’s why the Moon needs, not (just) its own time zones, but its own time 
reference. It’s not the time zones that are the problem, it’s the time 
reference.