"Fixing" xkcd 1340 (opens in new tab)

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132 pointshausen12y ago28 comments

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In theory, won't the time in this and the original occur more than once in different timezones? (Thus I should open up an issue to add the timezone)

cbhl12y ago

The "every second" version, while cheeky, probably is wrong during the fall when the end of DST causes an hour to be repeated every year in many jurisdictions.

(I'm not even sure UTC would save you here...)

claudius12y ago

UTC would save you w.r.t. timezones, but it still has leap seconds and the like to adjust for nonuniformities in the earth’s rotation (around itself and the sun).

However, these jurisdictions change timezones in autumn and spring, so specifying the current timezone should work just as well as specifying UTC. 01:30:20 CEST is not repeated, nor is 01:30:20 CET.

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hausenOP12y ago

Yeah, I should have printed a UNIX timestamp instead... ;)

A better workaround would be to write "Under our system that time and date may only happen at most once again!" in Cueball's speech bubble.

jsmeaton12y ago

How does UTC not save you? There are no DLS transitions in UTC, and leap seconds are added (61 seconds in a minute).

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disillusioned12y ago

Can someone "fix" XKCD 1335 ("Now") so that the current time is at the 12 o'clock position?

http://xkcd.com/now/

ssafejava12y ago

Since the image is actually rebuilt server-side to reflect the current rotation of the earth, it's simple to just rotate it with CSS based on the current time:

http://jsfiddle.net/4taWt/1/

dm212y ago

That would be very difficult without the server-side code.

Maybe someone can think of a clever way though.

Here is a way to get any time you want from it: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/now/20h30m.png

meandave12y ago

You inspired me :) http://meandavejustice.github.io/xkcd-now/

RodEsp12y ago

Heya! You inspired me! http://rodesp.github.io/xkcd-now-clock/

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Rebelgecko12y ago

There's a few Android widgets you can get that'll do it

suchow12y ago

The hover text (8000 years) should also update continuously.

ozh12y ago

Thanks for the XKCD font, didn't know it. Will put this to good use :)

VikingCoder12y ago

I tried to strip it down to its minimal form:

http://jsfiddle.net/Lej6m/95/

mintplant12y ago

Why does this trigger a GitHub authorization request?

theon14412y ago

It didn't for me.

jfoks12y ago

This just begs for some hardware with an e-ink display for a tabletop xkcd...

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voltagex_12y ago

In theory, won't the time in this and the original occur more than once in different timezones? (Thus I should open up an issue to add the timezone)

cbhl12y ago

The "every second" version, while cheeky, probably is wrong during the fall when the end of DST causes an hour to be repeated every year in many jurisdictions.

(I'm not even sure UTC would save you here...)

claudius12y ago

UTC would save you w.r.t. timezones, but it still has leap seconds and the like to adjust for nonuniformities in the earth’s rotation (around itself and the sun).

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hausenOP12y ago

Yeah, I should have printed a UNIX timestamp instead... ;)

A better workaround would be to write "Under our system that time and date may only happen at most once again!" in Cueball's speech bubble.

jsmeaton12y ago

How does UTC not save you? There are no DLS transitions in UTC, and leap seconds are added (61 seconds in a minute).

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disillusioned12y ago

Can someone "fix" XKCD 1335 ("Now") so that the current time is at the 12 o'clock position?

http://xkcd.com/now/

ssafejava12y ago

Since the image is actually rebuilt server-side to reflect the current rotation of the earth, it's simple to just rotate it with CSS based on the current time:

http://jsfiddle.net/4taWt/1/

dm212y ago

That would be very difficult without the server-side code.

Maybe someone can think of a clever way though.

Here is a way to get any time you want from it: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/now/20h30m.png

meandave12y ago

You inspired me :) http://meandavejustice.github.io/xkcd-now/

RodEsp12y ago

Heya! You inspired me! http://rodesp.github.io/xkcd-now-clock/

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Rebelgecko12y ago

There's a few Android widgets you can get that'll do it