That’s a screenshot of the WTFClock iPhone App. It shows the :WTF date of TAA: and time of :PEI, and the local time is shown below. In the photo, the local time is EST, so :PEI is 9PM. You could tap the Time Zone button to see what the local time is in other parts of the world.
Let’s use TUM:BLR as an example:
TUM: marks a date, specifically 5/27/2013. We are currently in the Alphabetic Year T, which started with TAA: on Dec 12 2011. The next day, Dec 13, 2011, was TAB:
Actually, the full World Time Format date is FJTUM: but we can leave off the “FJ” because it won’t turn over from FJZZZ to FKAAA until Mon Nov 25, 2024, so we can safely assume the “FJ” and just say “TUM:” Or leave off more letters if they match the current date, and just state the time, :BLR
:BLR is the time. The day started at :A which is 12 Noon GMT and it is divided into 26 Alphabetic hours, so :B is about 12:55, and :BLR is 1:20:12 GMT, which would be different in different time zones and times of the year. For example, Boston is GMT -4 during the Summer but GMT-5 during Daylight Savings Time.
Use the WTFClock iPhone app or the wtfclock.com website to convert :WTF to your local time zone.
We are living on World Time Format now, we shouldn’t have to be divided into 24 time zones. I will try to see if tumblr can display the timestamps for posts in :WTF somehow.
Let’s use :WTF for world events and local time for local events. That way Detroit and Boston don’t have to pretend to have the Sun overhead at the same time any more, they can each have true clocks, so 12 Noon is when the Sun is overhead. And :WTF would be the same everywhere in the world, and the Moon, for scheduling meetings or announcements.
The dates fall on different days of the week every year. The months all have different numbers of days, with no rhyme or reason. There’s plenty of inefficiency built into the modern calendar. But according to Johns Hopkins astronomer Richard Conn Henry, that doesn’t have to be the case. According to his proposed calendar, eight of the months would have 30 days, with 31 days every third month. Every few years, an antire week would be added to make up for the lost time. But, on the upside, years would work like clockwork. Holidays would fall on the same day every year. Christmas and New Years would both fall on a Sunday. And the plan would save money by making interest calculations much easier. Aside from centuries of convention, I can’t image what would stand in Henry’s way!
Check out World Time Format, another new calendar and universal time standard.
worldtimeformat.com
and there’s an iPhone app for it called WTF Clock
It tells time with letters. 26 hours in a day, A-Z, each about 5 minutes shorter than a regular hour. 26 Alphabetic Minutes in an hour, etc.
26 days in an Alphabetic Month, 26 Alphabetic Months in an Alphabetic Year
Right now the date and time is TAU:TSB everywhere in the world.
It’s an Internet time, not based on season or sun, just easy to text - “Conference call at :P” - with no time zone confusion. Doesn’t matter where in the world everyone is, it is :P at the same time for everyone.
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