Nothing is impossible for an engineer - Watch thoughts

Apr. 1st, 2009

12:38 pm - Watch thoughts

You know what I want from a watch? I would really like one that displays:
1) The current datetime for UTC in ISO 8601 format: 2009-04-01 11:33:06 as I type.
2) The current local datetime in ISO 8601 format: 2009-04-01 12:33:06.
3) The current Unix timet: 1 238 585 633 as I type.
Come on Casio, build it for me! There are watches for pilots and divers. I want one for a speccy nerd like me! Working with 24 hour rolling news and data services I have to think in terms of UTC, and lots of the code I work with uses the Unix epoch time. What clocks on the wall say is for 'locals'.

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From:	skinfitz
Date:	April 1st, 2009 12:19 pm (UTC)

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One of these could do it -

IBM Watchpad

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From:	vin_petrol
Date:	April 2nd, 2009 08:51 am (UTC)

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Ooh, indeed it could. Although that's probably overkill for my needs. Plus - thinking about it - I really want it to be of "G-Shock" levels of toughness (when I was at Centerparcs last week my daughter chewed on my watch, dropped it in a puddle, and the pushchair ran over it. It was completely unharmed).

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