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NASA to Develop Lunar Time Standard for Exploration Initiatives

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NASA to Develop Lunar Time Standard for Exploration Initiatives - NASA

NASA will coordinate with U.S. government stakeholders, partners, and international standards organizations to establish a Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC)

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Will your lunar server have the UTC or LTC clock?

I’m trying to understand the use case.
Day + night on the Luna have length of ~ 30 days.
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  Time moves at a different speed due to the moon’s reduced gravity. It’s not just the length of a day.

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