I am guilty of introducing UTC into the 'Edit Me' rules for clarity and others have followed since, e.g. in #59, Alan wrote:
While wondering what was meant by "midnightMin", I realized that Alan's 23rd could be a day off in Mongolia but not in Alaska.
Hmm ...
Sometimes m or M is typed by accident, hitting that key instead of , (comma).
Thanks Arvo, that makes sense. as does also i hence "midnight on 23rd".
It should have read "Midnight Mon 23rd Feb". But butterfingers here mistyped it.
Thanks.
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Feb. 18, 2026, 6:49 p.m.When I was in the military we used "Zulu Time" and midnight did not exist ...23:59:59 hours jumped straight to 00:00:01 hours.
It's just a bit of fun. Personally, I wasn't awake at midnight UTC - so I couldn't close it off then anyway.
Alan
Hi,
Right now, I am 5 hours behind UTC but come Sunday I'll be 4 hours behind. Either way, I am awake come 00:00 UTC.
And I use UTC all the time being in Amateur Radio. At least on the High Frequency (shortwave if you like that better) bands. We use local time on the VHF and higher bands. So, two clocks in the ham shack. I also display both local and UTC on the cell phone. But it is local time on the old pocket watch. ;)
Stan
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So say that someone posted an "Edit Me an Image" OP on a Monday at 18:49 UTC.
That would be that Monday at 7:49 am local time in Western Alaska, but the following Tuesday at 6:49 am in Eastern Russia.
Hmmm ... is our East Russian member short by a day of editing time?
How about someone in Kiritimati??
What difference that makes? :)
If someone says "cut off" Midnight on Monday 23rd February (00:00:00 UTC), what day/date is that in Eastern Russia?
I suppose we could say that 00:00:00 UTC (aka "Midnight") is neither Monday nor Tuesday, meaning that the Day/Date in current "Edit Me" OPs is undefined.
Whatever :) Who is interested, can always convert UTC times to local timezone. When I'll post EditMe, then I specify only date and actually close submission in the morning (or later) of next day in our UTC+2 (or UTC+3) timezone - this allows even most poor Americans to follow deadline. Well, Alaska and Hawaii may be messed even with such approach.
PS. Thank you for correcting my question :) As in our langugae we do not have verb forms, corresponding to 'does make', we use something closer to 'makes', then such errors are very easy to slip in by me :(
Tuesday 24th February?
Understood. Your English is still much better than my Estonian
I used to wear a Glycine Airman IV wristwatch which had a 12-at-top 24-hr dial and rotatable 24-hr bezel. I kept the bezel set to local Solar time just for fun.
23rd.
00:00:00 is the beginning of the day, in +10 timezone it would be 10:00:00 at the same date.
Going timezone or more to the west, it would be 22nd February, 23:00:00 for the UTC-1 and so on.
Quote from random Quora thread (what I have no reason to doubt):
The ISO standard is that 00:00:00 refers to the start of the next day, while the time 24:00:00 refers to the end of the previous day, and yet these two numbers denote the same instant.
Hi,
At Zero Hundred UTC on Monday means it is Monday to the East all the way to the International Date Line. It is still Sunday to the West all the way to the International Date Line.
Now when you cross the IDL, you either jump ahead a full day, or repeat a full day. Depends on on which way you are going. Heading West is Sailing into Tomorrow. Heading East, it is Two Days in a Row.
Next up, we discuss what you must do the first time you cross the Equator, Pollywog. Me, I'm a Shellback. :P
Stan
Edit: AutoCorrect made Pollywog into Hollywood and I didn't catch that.
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23rd it is, or maybe 22nd right now:
It hurts my brain ...
Ho ho, Like Chuck Norris, submission is closed whenever Arvo says it is ... 😉