How did the international world go about establishing a common format of date and time? I know other cultures still have their original calendars that run concurrent to the Gregorian, but for all intents and purposes, every country recognizes that right now it is Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024 (9:32 am my local time). When and how did this come about?
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It’s based on earth as a planet in space and its orbit around the sun. And it’s imperfect because a year is 365.25 days which is why we have a leap year. Maybe someone smarter than me can provide a more detailed explanation.
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