I'm sometimes confused by UTC and how it relates to the daylight savings time of my timezone. Could we get a little timestamp at the bottom of every page in UTC?
- 1I'd rather not see this "feature", if you want to know what time UTC it is, check it online (see Jon's answer)Nathan Koop– Nathan Koop2009-12-06 19:53:28 +00:00Commented Dec 6, 2009 at 19:53
- 3StackOverflow is not a clock. It's a Q&A Website.mmx– mmx2009-12-06 21:35:41 +00:00Commented Dec 6, 2009 at 21:35
- 2But isn't a clock for answering questions like 'what time is it?'pavium– pavium2009-12-06 23:45:55 +00:00Commented Dec 6, 2009 at 23:45
- It would be helpful to know when the page was generated. Yes, usually you can refresh and get a new page, but I'd still like to know when a page was generated. I have the same gripe about Google News; if I've disconnected, it would still be of interest to know when the page was last updated before I disconnected.Jonathan Leffler– Jonathan Leffler2010-01-22 19:55:21 +00:00Commented Jan 22, 2010 at 19:55
- Related: What time is it?Pops– Pops2011-02-14 19:54:05 +00:00Commented Feb 14, 2011 at 19:54
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Why would we want to break caching for anonymous users every second of every day? :(
Beyond that, the UTC time is on your /recent page. Click the envelope at the top of the page and see.
edit: see the dropdown on your user name; it contains the current UTC time.
answered Dec 6, 2009 at 19:28
- 7Could you avoid breaking caching by generating it at the client side? Presumably JavaScript has the notion of "current UTC time" doesn't it?Jon Skeet– Jon Skeet2009-12-06 19:39:32 +00:00Commented Dec 6, 2009 at 19:39
Just remember it's 19:18 now
You find the current UTC time in your recent activity list.
Aside from anything else, you can always find the current UTC time here.
