Phil, IMHO Swatch Internet Time is just a marketing gimmick. The reasons not to use it far exceed the reasons to use it, a major reason being that the majority of people in the world will not have a clue as to what you are talking about.
Public attitudes towards time are rather conservative: consider the huge public debates when Daylight Savings Time was proposed, and when the Gregorian calendar was adjusted, I think in the 18th century. The decimal time introduced after the French Revolution was promptly discarded. I think that hours, minutes and seconds will be around for some time to come. UTC may be useful in global communication, but I think it will be a while before the majority of people in New York routinely schedule lunch at 0700 UTC. Gordon At 08:08 AM 2/23/99 , Phil Pappas wrote: >Hey, did anyone see the CNN story last night about the watch company >,"Swatch" that is now selling timepieces which tell "Internet Time"? I >can't remember exactly, but they said one minute of normal time=about 1 1/2 >minutes Internet Time, and that the idea behind it is to facilitate >timekeeping around the world for internet users. Everybody everywhere (even >on Mars?) will be using on the same time! > >Arthur C. Clarke believes that the current timezone system will be abandoned >and everyone will use Universal Time in the future. I agree with Arthur. >Or am I wrong, will we all be using Internet Time instead? Gordon Uber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reynen & Uber Web Design http://www.ubr.com/rey&ubr/ Webmaster: Clocks and Time http://www.ubr.com/clocks/
