How does the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) work?
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In what sense?
It’s a way to standardize time around the world. Originally, it was maintained by the Royal Observatory in London, but now it’s maintained by several different atomic clocks around the world that keep eachother in sync.
The important thing about it is that it’s how we define time zones. I live in Texas, so I use Central Standard Time, which is defined as UTC-5, meaning that my clocks are set 5 hours behind UTC. So if it’s 12:07 according to UTC, I will set my clocks go 7:07.
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