Why Denmark used to be .04 seconds behind the world

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  • Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
  • Measuring time is a complicated thing. Computers, banks, and stock markets in Denmark all use UTC, the international standard: but according to the law, they shouldn't. UPDATE, March 2023: The law has now been changed! www.ft.dk/saml...
    Edited by Michelle Martin / @onthecrux
    Thanks to Thor Nielsen for the suggestion!
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Комментарии • 6 тыс.

  • @TomScottGo
    @TomScottGo  Год назад +840

    Update, March 2023: the law has now been changed! www.ft.dk/samling/20222/lovforslag/l19/20222_l19_som_vedtaget.htm

  • @yotobianoacaso
    @yotobianoacaso 3 года назад +5054

    Every 60 seconds in Denmark, less than a minute passes. Together we can change it

    • @omardude39
      @omardude39 2 года назад +152

      Why does this feel suspiciously like a UK government ad campaign?

    • @hadrov
      @hadrov Год назад +34

      @@omardude39 Why does this feel like something Bono would say?

    • @kerriganqueenofblades7128
      @kerriganqueenofblades7128 Год назад +6

      Isn’t this a quote from somewhere?

    • @nathanielle
      @nathanielle Год назад +87

      @@kerriganqueenofblades7128 it's probably from "every 60 seconds in africa a minute passes. Together we can stop this"

    • @TorchwoodPandP
      @TorchwoodPandP Год назад +3

      Monty Python comes to mind… and yes I’m a Dane.

  • @Tingorilla
    @Tingorilla 5 лет назад +29267

    Throws rock through border
    Rock: *lags*

  • @zabadabadoo
    @zabadabadoo 4 года назад +14385

    "Every 60 seconds a minute passes in Africa"
    People in Denmark: Well yes but no

  • @OneDreamOneMoon
    @OneDreamOneMoon Год назад +390

    It has finally been announced that the law will be updated to using UTC+1 on March 26th 2023 - it also involves establishing a Danish atomic clock and giving Greenland the right to govern their own time

  • @omegamon
    @omegamon 3 года назад +10684

    Denmark citizen: I made a petition to the government
    Denmark government: *actually listens*

    • @Zaire82
      @Zaire82 3 года назад +437

      _Impossible_

    • @viagra5207
      @viagra5207 3 года назад +110

      >denmark government

    • @DeadSomething
      @DeadSomething 3 года назад +449

      @@Zaire82 well, smaller govs actually are more likely to actually listen to their citizens.
      it's like if you go to one of the politicians in your local gov's office and tell them of your concerns and propose a solution, they are more likely to listen than the politicians in your republics state or the overall government of your country as a whole.

    • @zerotakis
      @zerotakis 3 года назад +231

      Is it possible for other governments to learn this power?

    • @willek1335
      @willek1335 3 года назад +118

      @@zerotakis Not from a Jedi.

  • @JebemTiZivot
    @JebemTiZivot 5 лет назад +40696

    So are we just going to keep overlooking the fact that this dude literally travels 100s and 1000s of miles just to stand in the middle of nowhere and talk to a camera.

    • @The1stFishBone
      @The1stFishBone 5 лет назад +808

      Nobody says hundreds and thousands. People say hundreds of thousands. You could say hundreds or thousands, but in this case it's more like a thousand. I'm just being pedantic.

    • @KevinShinwoo
      @KevinShinwoo 5 лет назад +2442

      @@The1stFishBone "Nobody says hundreds and thousands" They just did, and I've seen many people say it that way before.

    • @JebemTiZivot
      @JebemTiZivot 5 лет назад +1526

      The1stFishBone my guy, im an author, “hundreds and thousands” isnt a misspelling of “hundreds of thousands” its a different phrase and is used commonly in English European countries

    • @mileskenyon
      @mileskenyon 5 лет назад +388

      Who's mans is The1stFishBone? Somebody collect him and take him home please..

    • @RiksFunStuff
      @RiksFunStuff 5 лет назад +247

      @@The1stFishBone Then what do you decorate your cakes with?! :O

  • @divingdave2945
    @divingdave2945 3 года назад +5042

    When you watch this video at exactly the right time:
    _"Why Denmark Is .00 Seconds Behind The World"_
    *well, duh...?*

    • @bo_nex
      @bo_nex 3 года назад +95

      what
      how

    • @szorstkismuky3887
      @szorstkismuky3887 3 года назад +73

      what
      how

    • @JuliaC-sp5qk
      @JuliaC-sp5qk 3 года назад +70

      what
      how

    • @martinpusar6765
      @martinpusar6765 3 года назад +392

      Because the title of this video is programmed to show the exact number. For example at the moment, it's 0.18s but might be different in a week.

    • @szorstkismuky3887
      @szorstkismuky3887 3 года назад +74

      @@martinpusar6765 i know, I watched the vid but the comment above was great for starting a chain

  • @schnemley
    @schnemley 3 года назад +3439

    2 years later and his code is still going strong: 0.17 seconds behind

  • @OrangeC7
    @OrangeC7 5 лет назад +11188

    *Casually writes up some code to dynamically change the title over time*

    • @deanmoncaster
      @deanmoncaster 5 лет назад +249

      Not like that type of thing is hard. :-\

    • @CL-vz6ch
      @CL-vz6ch 5 лет назад +236

      @@deanmoncaster of course not... I do it most mornings for fun.

    • @niniDORE
      @niniDORE 5 лет назад +28

      from sélénium import webdriver gang

    • @ollyhp
      @ollyhp 5 лет назад +154

      31/7/19
      *0.16*

    • @Korrow
      @Korrow 5 лет назад +7

      OrangeC7 was it earlier?

  • @SamuelPearlman
    @SamuelPearlman 3 года назад +11515

    "I think laws should in general be in accordance with reality" - hahahahaha, adorable scientist!

  • @LethalMonarch
    @LethalMonarch 3 года назад +564

    "yo dude why is your reaction time so slow?"
    "oh sorry I live in denmark"

    • @insaincaldo
      @insaincaldo 3 года назад +10

      Thought it was because I get high, but apparently it's lag.

    • @robert_wigh
      @robert_wigh 3 года назад +5

      OMG This is the best comment here, you deserve 12000 likes, not 12.

    • @drownindesigner
      @drownindesigner 3 года назад +3

      “my ping is kinda high due to me living in Denmark mb”

  • @zornsllama
    @zornsllama 3 года назад +1093

    “It’s probably not a good time to bother the British government right now” as true today as it was then, Tom

  • @jesse-dg8yx
    @jesse-dg8yx 5 лет назад +3057

    The fact you wrote code to track clocks and update the title of this video is insane

    • @keeyan2166
      @keeyan2166 5 лет назад +105

      @@pixiepandaplush I think the more annoying thing would be communicating with the RUclips API to change video names (if it exists) and finding a place to host the code which will always run (some server or scripting service) as well as securely storing his credentials there for the script to update the time automatically

    • @tommihommi1
      @tommihommi1 5 лет назад +59

      @@keeyan2166 just a raspberry pi or old computer at home is perfect for this kind of thing

    • @TheChemicalWorkshop
      @TheChemicalWorkshop 5 лет назад +4

      @@tommihommi1 any tutorials how to use youtube API? js script?

    • @TheChemicalWorkshop
      @TheChemicalWorkshop 5 лет назад

      @@makak_zeleny hmm thanks! I'll ask my people about js, i suck in programming so maybe they can help

    • @bradlemmond
      @bradlemmond 5 лет назад +14

      That's _so_ Tom.

  • @technicality
    @technicality 5 лет назад +2981

    When you've got time: _Yeah, I've got time._

  • @coztic
    @coztic 5 лет назад +6801

    Perfect final quote: "Y'know, it's probably not a good time to bother the British government right now." 😂

    • @szabados1980
      @szabados1980 5 лет назад +278

      The British would probably decide to have their own time. Just to be different from Europe.

    • @PCspray
      @PCspray 5 лет назад +171

      The UK 🇬🇧 doesn’t need to be on UTC there are literally thousands of better time standards. Time is importan! We will Take back control and not be a subject of Europe anymore!!! Greenwiexit!!!

    • @JakeBiddlecome
      @JakeBiddlecome 5 лет назад +101

      As an American living under Trump it does make me feel a bit better that the Brits are screwing themselves, too. I proposal a swap, Theresa for Donald. Trump will build a wall in Northern Ireland and May will help us break away from Florida.

    • @meowtherainbowx4163
      @meowtherainbowx4163 5 лет назад +17

      +Jake Biddlecome Nah, Theresa would just make us subservient to Florida and strip us of our voting rights in an already undemocratic Congress after we pay billions of dollars just to delay because we decided that we weren’t self-sufficient without Florida for some reason.

    • @Nastyswimmer
      @Nastyswimmer 5 лет назад +37

      Couldn't we just dump them both in North Korea (after all Trump loves Mr Kim) then ask if we could become part of New Zealand?

  • @JixieDyeAuthor
    @JixieDyeAuthor 3 года назад +1470

    The wildest thing about all this...
    I am learning Danish. Have been for the last two years. And I could actually read all the stuff you showed in Danish. I am so happy!

  • @nathanwilson2640
    @nathanwilson2640 5 лет назад +3566

    The dinosaurs in Denmark .17 seconds after the meteor hit
    👁👄👁

    • @anon2916
      @anon2916 5 лет назад +3

      Nathan Wilson ?

    • @ElijahBerg0011
      @ElijahBerg0011 5 лет назад +104

      👀👄👀

    • @cecesorrows
      @cecesorrows 5 лет назад +6

      ArcadiusKirrk_the4th HAHAHAHAGSHHAAH

    • @POGOMAN74
      @POGOMAN74 5 лет назад +10

      👀👅👀

    • @gior987
      @gior987 4 года назад +4

      This comment is extremely underrated. You're a genius

  • @midnight142
    @midnight142 5 лет назад +6572

    I really love the fact that Tom actually visits each location to film, covering the exact spot, and talking with local experts. The best RUclipsr currently by far.

    • @midnight142
      @midnight142 5 лет назад +13

      @@the_colorman checked out the channel. It's brilliant. Thanks for the suggestion.

    • @Saucyakld
      @Saucyakld 5 лет назад +3

      Agree, fascinating!

    • @KCzz15
      @KCzz15 5 лет назад +17

      I mean, if you want ridiculously high video production quality, give Mark Rober a try.

    • @Asterius_101
      @Asterius_101 5 лет назад +30

      @@the_colorman Thanks for *_Lemmino_* about the channel

    • @Megaranator
      @Megaranator 5 лет назад +4

      @@Asterius_101 Get out

  • @damesebo548
    @damesebo548 4 года назад +3141

    Denmark in .22 seconds: _Hey guys, there is this totally new virus, you better watch out!_

    • @mycelia_ow
      @mycelia_ow 4 года назад +32

      They're behind not ahead... 😔

    • @deadlystanger944
      @deadlystanger944 4 года назад +91

      @@mycelia_ow | r/woosh

    • @EliteAaron
      @EliteAaron 4 года назад +63

      @@mycelia_ow You misunderstood the comment

    • @iknowyouseeme3233
      @iknowyouseeme3233 4 года назад +20

      @@mycelia_ow it works both ways

    • @eonnephilim852
      @eonnephilim852 4 года назад +6

      @@deadlystanger944 I think it was a joke about how some leaders weren't acknowledging the fact that it existed, and if Denmark actually did acknowledge it then, they would've been ahead of, say, the US, where some states are acting as if it doesn't even exist up til now lmao

  • @NinjaDogLCT
    @NinjaDogLCT 10 месяцев назад +27

    For 4 years Tom's code worked perfectly until in March 2023 apparently the law was changed.

  • @yashasbalguri2189
    @yashasbalguri2189 5 лет назад +1495

    So if the world is ending I should be in Denmark?

    • @AcolyteofRlyeh
      @AcolyteofRlyeh 4 года назад +136

      Naaw. Governmennt would figure out a way to tax you extra, for that fraction of a second.

    • @danielnyo513
      @danielnyo513 4 года назад +5

      @@AcolyteofRlyeh Tv tax

    • @vulctrah2491
      @vulctrah2491 4 года назад +16

      Yes cause then you die 20 seconds later than everyone else

    • @KevinRandomRecordsKRREC
      @KevinRandomRecordsKRREC 4 года назад +20

      Vulctrah .22

    • @dupiee729
      @dupiee729 4 года назад +8

      Danish Human Being er du konservativ

  • @carlosmuller3565
    @carlosmuller3565 5 лет назад +5508

    Does anyone even know how old Tom Scott is? I don’t know if he’s 23 or 43..

  • @Killerean
    @Killerean 4 года назад +275

    I have old calendars at home from around 1900+ that still contain time tables to synchronize your mechanical clock using mean solar noon. Useless today, but cool as a curiosity.

    • @elknackebroto7447
      @elknackebroto7447 2 года назад +6

      keep it enclosed, your grand-grandchildren will get filthy rich m8

    • @Killerean
      @Killerean 2 года назад +17

      @@elknackebroto7447 I'm keeping these items well protected. I consider them important part of my dragon hoard.

    • @RAHelllord
      @RAHelllord 2 года назад +17

      You could check with local museums if they'd be interested in scanning them in for the benefit of the public, in case they don't have a copy already. That stuff might be interesting to a few historians and it'd be neat to have that knowledge preserved for everyone. That and with letting them scan them in you still get to keep them for yourself while potentially helping others.

  • @LiamRappaport
    @LiamRappaport 3 года назад +99

    I love that he’s standing in front of a Tycho Brahe statue, famous for being a great astronomer and for losing his nose in a duel over a mathematical formula.

    • @theKobus
      @theKobus 2 года назад +16

      And who died of feasting, which is not a fate many modern mathematicians can afford

    • @crazydinosaur8945
      @crazydinosaur8945 Год назад +3

      @@theKobus And i think he had a pet moose!
      it died when it fell down the stairs because it was drunk after a party.. or something close to that

  • @anderssrensen8347
    @anderssrensen8347 4 года назад +518

    The fact that i live in denmark and i didn't know this, and it is really funny to listen to danish people talking english

    • @Zarrykotter
      @Zarrykotter 3 года назад +19

      Det er altid virkelig tydeligt

    • @eliaskjrbo8142
      @eliaskjrbo8142 3 года назад +9

      DENGLISH!

    • @SpicyTexan64
      @SpicyTexan64 3 года назад +3

      Isn't it fairly common?

    • @arranli579
      @arranli579 3 года назад +23

      You can always be proud that the Danish accent is really easy to understand than French or Spanish ones 👍

    • @viggomaribogaardsted9496
      @viggomaribogaardsted9496 3 года назад +3

      I really hate danish accents

  • @randyferengi1128
    @randyferengi1128 5 лет назад +510

    Have I seriously gone 38 years without knowing the Earth... wobbles? o_O

    • @pedromendz
      @pedromendz 5 лет назад +42

      Earth THICC

    • @stephenolan5539
      @stephenolan5539 5 лет назад +8

      But you did know that weebles wobble, right?

    • @mirror1675
      @mirror1675 5 лет назад +2

      Apparently so

    • @Test-ri2kr
      @Test-ri2kr 4 года назад +8

      Randy Ferengi Well now you know! Never too late to learn something

    • @WildBluntHickok
      @WildBluntHickok 4 года назад +21

      It's because the moon doesn't orbit the earth like you think, rather the earth and the moon orbit a center point like they were a dual planet. Because one is bigger than the other the center point is closer to the bigger object. In fact the center point is below the earth's surface but not all the way to the core. That's the "wobble".

  • @whatamisupposedtosay8317
    @whatamisupposedtosay8317 5 лет назад +692

    "Earth drifts a little"
    *Quietly playing Deja Vu in the background*

    • @ohnono3984
      @ohnono3984 5 лет назад +7

      John Assassin hahahahaha “Takumiiiii”

    • @the-letter_s
      @the-letter_s 4 года назад +8

      deja vu but its 10,000 miles an hour and bass boosted

    • @evoguy1344
      @evoguy1344 4 года назад

      Haha

    • @longtailgt
      @longtailgt 4 года назад

      So Earth is basically delivering tofus?

  • @cedsgm9205
    @cedsgm9205 Год назад +25

    As a person from Denmark, I always find it interesting to watch videos about Denmark.

  • @Rekken200
    @Rekken200 5 лет назад +665

    "Mean Solar Noon" Sounds like a Fairy Tail spell

    • @kiwi8054
      @kiwi8054 4 года назад +11

      Who tf are u and y are u verified

    • @erokai7075
      @erokai7075 4 года назад +16

      GuyKiwi He’s a youtuber? Don’t be rude.

    • @Rekken200
      @Rekken200 4 года назад +32

      GuyKiwi who tf are you and why are you commenting on a year old comment as if I’ll reply

    • @kiwi8054
      @kiwi8054 4 года назад +1

      No

    • @erokai7075
      @erokai7075 4 года назад +9

      GuyKiwi Did you really have to be rude? There was other ways you could’ve structured that sentence to make it sound more polite.

  • @Philip924
    @Philip924 5 лет назад +494

    That GPS really needs to know how to pronounce those accent marks for the word Väg

    • @florahibernica
      @florahibernica 5 лет назад +158

      Nonsensical pronunciations are one of the great joys of GPS. You should hear what google makes of Irish or Welsh place names.

    • @robburgess4556
      @robburgess4556 5 лет назад +25

      It does make it sound funnier though, and just a little bit dirty 😁

    • @fheedpexx9267
      @fheedpexx9267 5 лет назад +26

      Those are not accent marks. Judging by your name, you should know that Å, Ä/Æ and Ö/Ø are unique letters :)
      ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZÅÄÖ

    • @Philip924
      @Philip924 5 лет назад +27

      @@fheedpexx9267 Well. Seeing as I didn't grow up in an English speaking country, I didn't know the proper term for non-english letters. But thanks for clearing that up 👍

    • @WaffleAbuser
      @WaffleAbuser 5 лет назад +9

      "Väg" is actually pronounced closer to "vag" (in English) than it would have been without the accent.

  • @IncertusetNescio
    @IncertusetNescio 3 года назад +87

    So I finally clicked on a Tom Scott video a week or two ago and have steadily been binge-watching them since. They fill my "Random interesting stuff in a short video" niche nicely.

  • @alphaxalex1634
    @alphaxalex1634 5 лет назад +2437

    UTC....Coordination...Universal...Time.....wait what?

    • @AshtonSnapp
      @AshtonSnapp 5 лет назад +1695

      France.

    • @drewfoster1696
      @drewfoster1696 5 лет назад +1041

      Just like "SI" standing for "International System", the abbreviation is French. "Universel Temps Coordonné" and "Système Internationel"

    • @McRaylie
      @McRaylie 5 лет назад +100

      Universal Temps Coordinée, I believe.
      EDIT: Apparently NOT.

    • @kodongo87
      @kodongo87 5 лет назад +568

      It's a compromise between the English speakers who wanted *CUT* as an abbreviation and the French speakers who wanted *TUC* _(Temps Universel Coordonné)_

    • @obiwac
      @obiwac 5 лет назад +6

      McRaylie nope

  • @ghfellan94
    @ghfellan94 5 лет назад +914

    The way the gps pronounced "dag hammarskjölds väg"

    • @NortelGeek
      @NortelGeek 5 лет назад +10

      I wondered who they were talking about...

    • @JasonLowderTheRanga
      @JasonLowderTheRanga 5 лет назад +12

      When the GPS pulls you out of the closet posthumously.

    • @kaykrazzav2431
      @kaykrazzav2431 5 лет назад +59

      hey, we don't use those letters. That is our fatal enemies sweden

    • @thea58193
      @thea58193 5 лет назад +9

      @@kaykrazzav2431 ööööååååääääää

    • @kaykrazzav2431
      @kaykrazzav2431 5 лет назад +6

      @@thea58193 off it hurts deep in my delayed soul

  • @robert_wigh
    @robert_wigh 3 года назад +22

    I love the pronunciation of "Dag Hammarsköljds väg" xD
    Cheers from Sweden

    • @Crosshill
      @Crosshill 3 года назад +2

      the classic english gps vaj never fails to make me snicker like a fukkn lil kid

  • @tensevo
    @tensevo 4 года назад +316

    I love the fact that stock markets are typically the driving factor for international coordination and syncronisation.

    • @Crosshill
      @Crosshill 3 года назад +20

      some companies have their servers physically located closer to the stock markets physical location, its really weird to think about the stock market like that

    • @JoshuaTootell
      @JoshuaTootell Год назад +1

      Money makes the world go round

  • @TomScottGo
    @TomScottGo  5 лет назад +9302

    It looks like the code I wrote to change the video title managed to break notifications somehow, so I've had to hastily reupload this - apologies! (And yes, it's ironic that this video is therefore late.)

  • @PortableFreezer
    @PortableFreezer 3 года назад +12

    This is incredible dedication Tom. Thanks for making a video in Denmark about Denmark.

  • @ZacTheLit
    @ZacTheLit 4 года назад +627

    My father .24 seconds after going to the store:
    “I’m just getting milk I’ll be right back”

    • @studiosnch
      @studiosnch 4 года назад +17

      comes back and brings 1000 liters of milk because the milkman tricked him

    • @DeathShiniGama
      @DeathShiniGama 3 года назад +9

      Must have disappeared with that leap second.

    • @kibe2134
      @kibe2134 3 года назад +7

      Sorry to hear that your father is danish.

  • @BudderB0y2222
    @BudderB0y2222 5 лет назад +673

    0.07 seconds is also the world record for a 1x1x1 rubiks cube
    Coincidence? *I think not*

    • @parka0m485
      @parka0m485 5 лет назад +26

      Isn't the record 0s?

    • @phjorland
      @phjorland 5 лет назад +109

      I did it in 0.000000000000000000000000000045692047 seconds, but camera technology still isn't advanced enough to record it

    • @philipt.1466
      @philipt.1466 5 лет назад +2

      @@phjorland sjovt

    • @firefish111
      @firefish111 5 лет назад +10

      The record should be 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000 seconds.

    • @timomastosalo
      @timomastosalo 5 лет назад +5

      And thus rises The Rubik Conspiracy Theory. So cube, you tute.

  • @Kamel419
    @Kamel419 3 года назад +41

    3:12 "Coordinated Universal Time, UTC." XD

    • @juliameldrum6472
      @juliameldrum6472 3 года назад +9

      Ah, yes, Uoordinated Tniversal Cime

    • @arieailezion611
      @arieailezion611 3 года назад +20

      its actually a compromise between french and English speakers combining CUT and TUC to be UTC

    • @Kamel419
      @Kamel419 3 года назад +1

      It's actually Universal Time Coordinated.

    • @TheDigitalZero
      @TheDigitalZero 3 года назад +2

      @@Kamel419 You ruined the joke

    • @NatiiixLP
      @NatiiixLP 3 года назад +4

      There are two ways you can commonly find it written in English, and neither one works:
      - Coordinated Universal Time
      - Universal Coordinated Time

  • @HarriWasHere
    @HarriWasHere 5 лет назад +568

    Nobody:
    CUT: I wanna be UTC

    • @mathcrazyow6646
      @mathcrazyow6646 5 лет назад +7

      SI units

    • @a4d9
      @a4d9 5 лет назад +65

      @@tf2excession UTC is not French nor English. In French it is Temps Universel Coordonné. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the International Astronomical Union wished to minimize confusion and designated one single abbreviation for use in all languages. They selected UTC since it does not favor any particular language.

    • @GameKingFaiz
      @GameKingFaiz 4 года назад +6

      @@a4d9 Well that just seems overly complicated...

    • @peterroder4781
      @peterroder4781 4 года назад +16

      Yep, instead of choosing something that fit with any language, they chose something that equally confuses everyone, because that totally makes sense.

    • @gammarayneutrino8413
      @gammarayneutrino8413 4 года назад +6

      @@peterroder4781 Why is an acronym confusing people? I think UTC rolls off the tongue better compared to C.U.T..

  • @CristiNeagu
    @CristiNeagu 5 лет назад +994

    Laws should be in accordance with reality? That's not a very popular opinion right now...

    • @migram4190
      @migram4190 5 лет назад +35

      Ooof!! 😭

    • @MouseGoat
      @MouseGoat 5 лет назад +46

      well we in denmark think so at least.
      don't know about the rest of the world

    • @GummieI
      @GummieI 5 лет назад +12

      @Nekogami-Crystal well some of our politicians certainly doesn't think so *cough* Inger Støjberg *cough*

    • @GigawingsVideo
      @GigawingsVideo 5 лет назад +3

      @@GummieI They can force unrealistic law but when harsh reality come knocking in it will breaking through like an angry steel rhino.

    • @sharpe3698
      @sharpe3698 5 лет назад +2

      *Cough* is-ought problem *cough*

  • @malkisehgal2481
    @malkisehgal2481 4 года назад +219

    British Parliament: *Discusses Brexit*
    Tom Scott: Hey, Hey, Hey, Interpretation Act of 1978 is way outdated by tiny fraction of a second. Correct It

    • @Yahriel
      @Yahriel 4 года назад +18

      hey, at then they'd be doing something productive

    • @beojanstanislaus3255
      @beojanstanislaus3255 3 года назад +5

      The House of Lords tried, passing a bill to correct this in 1997. As far as I can tell, the Commons seems to have ignored it.

  • @rockingrugger
    @rockingrugger 3 года назад +17

    Imagine when the Danish 100m runners figure out that they just need to move abroad

  • @amitaifeingold7866
    @amitaifeingold7866 4 года назад +206

    1:05 is... is this that dude with out a nose, who had an alcoholic pet moose, and died from holding in his pee?

  • @Zizzily
    @Zizzily 5 лет назад +770

    So are you saying that this is what happens when you draw a line in the sand?

    • @Haights
      @Haights 5 лет назад +19

      When you say to yourself, "when am I willing to put up with today?"
      "NOT F***ING NOW"

    • @nystemy
      @nystemy 5 лет назад +17

      Then we better not draw two lines in the sand.

    • @captainheat2314
      @captainheat2314 5 лет назад +6

      @@nystemy 3 lines in the sand could do it

    • @Zizzily
      @Zizzily 5 лет назад +4

      @@captainheat2314 4 lines is right out.

    • @Ahmed-qg7rp
      @Ahmed-qg7rp 5 лет назад +2

      @@Zizzily 5 lines beats it all.

  • @flotfyr14
    @flotfyr14 Год назад +12

    At 2 am last night Denmark abandoned the old 1893 law. Today this guy got his way. From today we’re officially and legally synchronized with UTC.

  • @luke34994
    @luke34994 3 года назад +104

    It's cool how you actually travel to these places, unlike other fact RUclipsrs!

  • @olbradley
    @olbradley 4 года назад +793

    Current title: Why Denmark Is .24 Seconds Behind The World

  • @MrRainandThunderrelaxingsounds
    @MrRainandThunderrelaxingsounds Год назад +4

    And so it's official - on March 26th 2023 at 02:00 UTC+1 Denmark will finally adopt Coordinated Universal Time in its legislation :-)

  • @lithostheory
    @lithostheory 5 лет назад +293

    The British should decide it through a referendum, that always works swimmingly.

    • @joshuathatcher8614
      @joshuathatcher8614 5 лет назад +18

      Lithostheory Update: the people voted to bring back mean solar time.

    • @CrazyInWeston
      @CrazyInWeston 5 лет назад +4

      It should but apparently 47 million Brits dont understand how democracy works. Democracy is that the majority votes. The majority voted to leave the EU. Yet every remainer and their mums are blocking it at every turn!

    • @goran5844
      @goran5844 5 лет назад +4

      CrazyInWeston 52% voted to leave. What a high majority you have there

    • @hydrus2076
      @hydrus2076 5 лет назад +9

      @@goran5844 still a majority, big or small, it still is

    • @janniesins1687
      @janniesins1687 5 лет назад

      “Swimmingly”

  • @JamieJamez
    @JamieJamez 5 лет назад +255

    April 3 2019, Current title: Why Denmark Is .12 Seconds Behind The World

  • @miscellaneous.7127
    @miscellaneous.7127 5 лет назад +791

    I was wondering when Brexit was going to come up....

    • @korenn9381
      @korenn9381 5 лет назад +86

      39 days. You're welcome.

    • @CarthagoMike
      @CarthagoMike 5 лет назад +57

      lets not bother them with that right now. We still got time.

    • @miscellaneous.7127
      @miscellaneous.7127 5 лет назад +4

      @@korenn9381 I didn't say brexit was a good thing.

    • @korenn9381
      @korenn9381 5 лет назад +32

      @@miscellaneous.7127 neither did I? I made a lame joke to your comment ;)

    • @miscellaneous.7127
      @miscellaneous.7127 5 лет назад +15

      @@korenn9381 Oh yes I understand sorry, It is often difficult to infer someone's exact meaning when communicating through text! :)

  • @liamd3248
    @liamd3248 3 года назад +27

    OKAY BUT WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT HOW THE METROLOGIST IS LITERALLY CALLED MIKKEL NIELSEN WHILST TALKING ABOUT TIME THIS IS GENUINELY SCARING ME :D

    • @Crosshill
      @Crosshill 3 года назад +3

      why tho i dont get it

    • @CrushingReality
      @CrushingReality 3 года назад +2

      @@Crosshill Mikkel Nielsen is a character in the show dark

    • @TheLazar876
      @TheLazar876 3 года назад +1

      exactly wtf! the coincidence is uncanny

  • @valentinaaugustina
    @valentinaaugustina 5 лет назад +841

    Bold of you to assume Denmark exists

    • @lunamllebro604
      @lunamllebro604 5 лет назад +74

      Thanks, we danes think so too

    • @hendrikvankampen8053
      @hendrikvankampen8053 5 лет назад +32

      Bold of you to assume Tom Scott exists.

    • @Djorgal
      @Djorgal 5 лет назад +43

      @magnus hansen It does exist but it is a few milliseconds out of sync with the rest of the world, which is why it is impossible to get there unless we have a time machine.

    • @valentinaaugustina
      @valentinaaugustina 5 лет назад +4

      magnus hansen somethings not adding up here

    • @valentinaaugustina
      @valentinaaugustina 5 лет назад +1

      Hendrik van Kampen you’re right I’m sorry

  • @steen275
    @steen275 4 года назад +83

    **Passes line**
    **Elder Scrolls loading screen**

    • @Grumpy_old_Boot
      @Grumpy_old_Boot 3 года назад +6

      Ralof : "Hey you. You are finally awake."

  • @unscenegamers
    @unscenegamers 5 лет назад +161

    Imaginary places tend to have problems maintaining themselves so you get glitches like this.

    • @BLUFGaming
      @BLUFGaming 5 лет назад +10

      He's not on that island, he's standing in front of a green screen. Go back and rewatch, it's very obvious once you see it.
      Imaginary place confirmed.

  • @LukosAnthropos
    @LukosAnthropos 2 года назад +24

    "It's not a good time to bother the British government" :'D This statement is only getting more correct

    • @stonebear
      @stonebear 2 года назад +1

      Right?!

    • @gahregreb
      @gahregreb Год назад

      And it just keeps on getting more correct.

  • @Kafaldsbylur
    @Kafaldsbylur 5 лет назад +188

    America COMPETES Act. Oh dear, it's going to be a dumb acronym like the USAPATRIOT Act isn't it?
    *checks Wikipedia*
    America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Act of 2007. Yup. Someone should tell the US that good laws don't need fancy acronyms. It makes it look like someone spent more time deciding on the name than on the law itself

    • @scythal
      @scythal 5 лет назад +4

      Agreed

    • @rogercoulombe3613
      @rogercoulombe3613 5 лет назад +3

      And in this case looks are *not* deceiving.

    • @SpartanMJO12
      @SpartanMJO12 5 лет назад +30

      It's alright, we've got the Committee for the Liberation and Integration of Terrifying Organisms and their Rehabilitation Into Society here in the UK.

    • @AnesidoraAston
      @AnesidoraAston 5 лет назад

      Seems like a backronym. 'Murica.

    • @Poldovico
      @Poldovico 5 лет назад

      That's because they have. They're American.

  • @exm3266
    @exm3266 5 лет назад +180

    _Why Web Filters Don't Work: The Dag-Hammer-Schultz-Vag Problem_

    • @TheOfficialBaZZe
      @TheOfficialBaZZe 5 лет назад +11

      *Dag Hammarskjölds väg

    • @Arenuphis
      @Arenuphis 5 лет назад +5

      sounded more like a vage to me
      but then again, we're transcribing it into english, one of those wonderful languages where spelling is only loosely connected to the pronunciation

    • @rarbiart
      @rarbiart 5 лет назад +2

      We have a "Dag Hammarkjöld Weg" in the (rather small) town of 20k inhabitants i live in Germany. So it's not so uncommon to remember him.

    • @Arenuphis
      @Arenuphis 5 лет назад +3

      @@rarbiart not sure who you're responding to, no-one said anything about Hammarskjöld
      but there does seem to be Dag Hammerskjöld [road] everywhere, especially in sweden
      I'm right now next to one in Uppsala, a google search shows there's also one in stockholm, and as the video showed, there's also one in sourthern sweden
      not the strangest guy to name lots of roads after

    • @erikhjortsater5461
      @erikhjortsater5461 5 лет назад

      @Joakim Magnusson Fredlund if you ever pass by Kunskapsskolan Norra try to see if you can spot me ;)

  • @Vespuchian
    @Vespuchian 5 лет назад +16

    "... to get UTC back in line with the annoyingly real Earth and stars" might be one of the most amusing ways to summarize the sisyphian struggle to define convenient absolute measures.
    Another great video, Tom!

  • @SimoneFumasoli
    @SimoneFumasoli Год назад +39

    "It's probably not a good time to bother the British government right now". Three years later, still waiting for the right time...

    • @coryman125
      @coryman125 Год назад +1

      Any day now, I'm sure! They've gotta figure things out at some point! ....right?

  • @user-vn7ce5ig1z
    @user-vn7ce5ig1z 5 лет назад +67

    Other people make spelling and grammar mistakes in the titles of their videos and just leave them there; Tom Scott writes a script to continually update the title of his video to be accurate as time goes by. ☯
    5:58 - GMT, GBP, stones; and people give the US flack for ignoring standards and doing its own thing. ¬_¬

    • @2911Delta
      @2911Delta 5 лет назад +2

      tbh I now really want to know how the script works.

    • @_Piers_
      @_Piers_ 5 лет назад +6

      I guess we're a month or so away from someone trying to pass a law to revert everything back to pounds and ounces...and what ever a gill is.
      Fleeing from progress in leaps and bounds.

    • @Poldovico
      @Poldovico 5 лет назад +2

      @@_Piers_ But we will love not having to deal with having the GBP inside the common market anymore.

    • @seraphina985
      @seraphina985 5 лет назад +2

      @@Poldovico Shame about the Krone, Krona, Kuna, Koruna, Lev, Leu, Florint and Zloty though I guess, well that and the Swiss Franc is in the single market too though not in the EU or EEA. Actually no isn't there an Exclave of Italy in Switzerland that uses the Franc too?

  • @anch95
    @anch95 4 года назад +29

    6:08
    That's was such an intellectual way to end this video ,saying:
    "It can WAIT ,we have got TIME"

  • @DanTheStripe
    @DanTheStripe 5 лет назад +1064

    Next video...why Scotland is 70 years behind the world

    • @Poldovico
      @Poldovico 5 лет назад +89

      And the video after: why England decided to join them

    • @1000bijen
      @1000bijen 5 лет назад +59

      When the world ends I want to be in Scotland, because everything there comes 70 years later

    • @passthebutterrobot2600
      @passthebutterrobot2600 5 лет назад +23

      The Isle of Wight is like Groundhog Day. Every day you wake up & it's the same day in the 1950s

    • @rubensteinfinsteraarhorn9028
      @rubensteinfinsteraarhorn9028 5 лет назад +7

      Next:why africa is 3999e94949885 jdjfjngngng..........,.,,..,.,.,

    • @kabochaVA
      @kabochaVA 5 лет назад +2

      @@passthebutterrobot2600 That's funny! (and also kinda true)

  • @tonypang83
    @tonypang83 3 года назад +6

    I kept seeing the video title as "18 seconds" and thought his programming had stopped working! But glad to see whatever amazing programming he's got is still ticking along behind the scenes.

  • @hasnathoque
    @hasnathoque 5 лет назад +86

    here at *.07* seconds

    • @fusseldieb
      @fusseldieb 5 лет назад +4

      I absolutely Love The fact that Tom has put his time into writing a code that updates the title when the tine changes. That's fantastic! :)

    • @itscfox
      @itscfox 5 лет назад +8

      Yes! It’s changed to .08!

  • @XeLa-Em
    @XeLa-Em 4 года назад +7

    I just discovered your channel and I must say that I'm learning lots and lots of new stuff that I wouldn't imagine, ever to exist. Keep up the good work!

  • @josephjackson1956
    @josephjackson1956 5 лет назад +9

    As soon as I saw that being off by 0.17 seconds was a problem, I knew the stock markets would be mentioned

  • @klausolekristiansen2960
    @klausolekristiansen2960 Год назад +2

    "We've got time." Perfect ending.

  • @tobyowen8653
    @tobyowen8653 5 лет назад +6

    I love the fact that you are so dedicated to telling accurate information, and so wrote code to keep the title true!

  • @CTSSTC
    @CTSSTC 5 лет назад +290

    Okay,, so I'm not crazy, this video did say .08 seconds and now it says .09 seconds x'D

  • @articticcblu
    @articticcblu 2 года назад +5

    0.10 to 0.11 seconds, this probably shows that winter time is different.

  • @jcharpak
    @jcharpak 4 года назад +176

    "I believe laws should reflect reality"
    Awhh... that's sweet.
    *Pats naive guy's head*

    • @Larken42
      @Larken42 4 года назад +12

      And I believe lawmakers should have a sense of reality. But that makes no difference when they make decisions based on who funded them, not who voted for them.

    • @ghouldrago360
      @ghouldrago360 4 года назад +9

      @@Larken42 But well most lawmakers in most countries haven't had a taste (or well sense) of reality in many years by the looks of it

    • @ZT1ST
      @ZT1ST 3 года назад +4

      @@Larken42 To be fair, the laws *were* reflecting what the sense of reality was at the time - they just weren't updated after that changed.

  • @ikcikor3670
    @ikcikor3670 4 года назад +30

    There most definitely is some stock market related exploit to this that someone's gonna use one day

    • @reedermusic3927
      @reedermusic3927 3 года назад +1

      no thats the point. no one follows the law. the run on utc because otherwise they cant trade .

  • @kittybeans8192
    @kittybeans8192 5 лет назад +109

    CUT time, my favorite. I'll get the scissors! *snip snip*

    • @Mediocre_Music
      @Mediocre_Music 5 лет назад +13

      As a musician, I flinched a bit when I read “cut time” in the comments sections of a “Things you Might not Know” video...

    • @TheCimbrianBull
      @TheCimbrianBull 5 лет назад +6

      Being the kitty you are I suppose you are in favor of Greenwich Meow Time? ⌚😺

    • @SilverCanary1
      @SilverCanary1 5 лет назад +3

      You Animal!

    • @breadleymcthicc5444
      @breadleymcthicc5444 5 лет назад

      @@Mediocre_Music Cut time in music is annoying.

    • @timomastosalo
      @timomastosalo 5 лет назад +1

      Kitty cat, Cut that out. Get your cutting kit together

  • @1imbAl33t
    @1imbAl33t 2 года назад +7

    Tom Scott is probably one of the best narrators I can think of. I would put him up there alongside with Attenborough.

    • @apveening
      @apveening Год назад

      Excellent comparison, I wonder when Tom decided to become Attenborough when he grew up.

  • @MasthaX
    @MasthaX 5 лет назад +25

    As a programmer I'm in favor of UTC when I'm in need of maintaining timezone information, it makes things so much easier than converting everything to their own timekeeping semantics.

    • @apveening
      @apveening Год назад +1

      Timekeeping semantics is one, time notation semantics is another (and don't get me started on date notation semantics).

  • @domchilton2918
    @domchilton2918 5 лет назад +20

    Great video Tom, really interesting and engaging :)

  • @0dWHOHWb0
    @0dWHOHWb0 5 лет назад +24

    Question to Tom:
    What does your script output as the title when == *exactly*? "Why Denmark's clocks are exactly in sync with the world"?
    Do you just do ' if diff < 0 word="behind" else word="ahead" ' or something similar?

  • @buddyroeginocchio9105
    @buddyroeginocchio9105 2 года назад +13

    Being Danish means, we have a right to make fun of whatever. Your presentation brings to mind a prescient popular song in America from 1959, it is titled SummerTIME Blues and is sung by the late Eddie Cochran.
    The final verse goes:
    I'm gonna take two weeks gonna have a fine vacation
    Gonna take my problem to the United Nation
    Well, I called my congressman and he said, quote:
    "I'd like to help you son but you're too young to vote."
    Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do
    But there ain't no cure for the SummerTIME blues
    So, gentlemen don't hold your breath waiting on Parlaiment, you'll just have to keep twisting your old watch around till it ain't worth a skilling. Ask yourselves, what would Tyco Brahe do? he lived on Bornholm.

  • @NeunEinser
    @NeunEinser 5 лет назад +12

    That part with "government not caring about law" just remindet me of something: In the German federal state Hesse, until very recently there was still an old law that allowed a death penalty. This law was actually sort of invalid, since the German main constitution does not allow for it and that overrules the Hessian constitution. In 2018 they finally decided to update the constitution and, amongst other things, got rid of that law.

    • @sion8
      @sion8 5 лет назад +2

      That also happens in the U.S. with the states as well. Sometimes it's intentionally left because a Supreme Court ruling overturned it and are hoping in the future to change the court's mind and hence returning it to full legality.

    • @readeh
      @readeh 5 лет назад +6

      In Denmark I believe there is still a law for attacking Swedes with sticks if they cross the kattegat in winter time when the sea freezes.

    • @Char444
      @Char444 Год назад

      @@readeh This is a funny law.

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 5 лет назад +67

    Denmark, land of LEGO. Everything is awesome

    • @oscargadefrimann
      @oscargadefrimann 5 лет назад +3

      And I bet, that is the only thing you know about Denmark.

    • @mikewilhelm2977
      @mikewilhelm2977 5 лет назад +7

      Bold of you to assume Denmark exists.

    •  5 лет назад +1

      @_ Dojo _ You obviously have no idea what you are talking about.

    • @AverytheCubanAmerican
      @AverytheCubanAmerican 5 лет назад +4

      Oscar Gade-Frimann Nope, not the only thing. Its capital is Copenhagen, it’s north of Germany, and its made of a peninsula and islands. Nice try thinking I’m a dumb American. Don’t judge books by covers. LIBERAL

    • @rud
      @rud 5 лет назад +2

      Except the weather, the weather sucks. It really, really, really, sucks.

  • @georgegarchitorena
    @georgegarchitorena 4 года назад +9

    0:05 Wow, your car is fast!!!

    • @Clork8
      @Clork8 Год назад +1

      Gas, Gas, Gas!

  • @R6Leviathan
    @R6Leviathan 3 года назад +21

    So that’s why they’ve just lost to England in the Euro 2020 semi-final...

    • @walkingsophie
      @walkingsophie 3 года назад

      Definitely

    • @dkahl2803
      @dkahl2803 3 года назад +8

      No, that was because Sterling felt a mild breeze and fell over.

    • @crazydinosaur8945
      @crazydinosaur8945 3 года назад +2

      or the laser

    • @mongopopable
      @mongopopable 3 года назад +3

      GOD I loved how England lost the final. Cheaters like sterling should be thrown out of football. Shameful player.

    • @TheDigitalZero
      @TheDigitalZero 3 года назад +1

      Iirc, England won gold in diving.

  • @YeppyNope
    @YeppyNope 5 лет назад +13

    Me: *goes to that island in dennark*
    "Hey guys I'm a time traveller"

  • @YoElementalGPU
    @YoElementalGPU 5 лет назад +27

    00:59 Tycho Brahe, student from the famed Sam O'Nella Academy!

  • @CTSSTC
    @CTSSTC 4 года назад +5

    I love how his latest video talks about changing the title in his latest video to reflect the amount of views on the video, which reminded me of this one :)

  • @kibe2134
    @kibe2134 3 года назад +74

    Imagine living in a country where this is a concern. Denmark must be perfect or something.

    • @Crosshill
      @Crosshill 3 года назад +25

      we're not perfect, and thats why we will never stop raising concerns, its kinda like a hobby of ours, probably cause we gotta find something to fill our newspapers with

    • @asgerjensen9301
      @asgerjensen9301 2 года назад +4

      Nobody is concerned about this in Denmark. Alot of people don't actually know this.

    • @Crosshill
      @Crosshill 2 года назад +6

      @@asgerjensen9301 most people dont know about about clock trivia but i do think people should know that our true smug danish privilege is being able to raise any and all concerns we have

    • @berkerrang4149
      @berkerrang4149 2 года назад

      I think denmark has the highest rate of infidelity in the world so

    • @Crosshill
      @Crosshill 2 года назад +5

      @@berkerrang4149 you're gonna have to find some kinda source for that cause Japan does exist

  • @Odinoian
    @Odinoian 4 года назад +4

    Did RUclips just recommend me this video because I watched Only Connect season 3 episode 4 two days ago? That's mad!

  • @stinktijger
    @stinktijger 4 года назад +38

    Hold up, i just started watching Dark on Netflix and the guy Tom is interviewing is named Mikkel Nielsen and the topic of this video is about time. I'm actually shook about how much of a coincidence this is, and that's assuming that this even is a coincidence...
    (Yes, I'm being dramatic.)

    • @SlateTiara
      @SlateTiara 3 года назад +3

      Or just a glitch in The Matrix?

    • @thatellipsisguy8984
      @thatellipsisguy8984 3 года назад

      @@SlateTiara a (currently) 0.15 second glitch…

    • @yoriex3577
      @yoriex3577 2 года назад

      I didn't even notice, great observation, thanks!

  • @abmindprof
    @abmindprof 5 лет назад +15

    Spain is crazy in a different way. It's on the same time as Denmark, but parts are actually west of Greenwich. Result ridiculously late sunrises and sunsets, particularly in Galicia (north of Portugal). This is due to a Franco era change that put Spain on the same time as Germany. They've been talking about changing it for year, but they never do.

    • @apveening
      @apveening Год назад +2

      Make that "for years" (about since half a minute after Franco died).

  • @irzaalishah
    @irzaalishah Год назад +13

    3 years later: 0.10 seconds behind… the code’s working fine

    • @mariecurie1502
      @mariecurie1502 Год назад

      Im sure the code is working just fine. It's probably just taking the leap second into account.

  • @tobybartels8426
    @tobybartels8426 5 лет назад +35

    Someone should teach that navigation system how to pronounce ‘vag’ when in Denmark.

    • @cityuser
      @cityuser 5 лет назад +20

      Dag Hammarskjölds Väg is Swedish :)

    • @alphadexxa
      @alphadexxa 5 лет назад +7

      It's "vej" for road in danish

    • @barvdw
      @barvdw 5 лет назад +2

      It's not better in Dutch. Tweede is not pronounced as twayday.

    • @solhsa
      @solhsa 5 лет назад +9

      In finland some roads are named with roman numerals; the navigation systems pronounce these as Ai! Ai! Ai!

    • @tobybartels8426
      @tobybartels8426 5 лет назад

      @@cityuser : Ah, that's the part through Sweden then. The dots (which are not in the subtitles) make a difference too. But in any case, it's not pronounced like the English slang abbreviation ‘vag’!

  • @CarthagoMike
    @CarthagoMike 5 лет назад +4

    4:51
    Wel it broke as soon as you uploaded it :D
    Glad you still bothered to fix / reupload it :)

  • @ezrafinn.
    @ezrafinn. 4 года назад +11

    Tom:
    a day is this many seconds long
    Me:
    Buuuut how many onoseconds?

  • @5nowChain5
    @5nowChain5 5 месяцев назад

    Another one of Toms programing title scrypts is still working well. 5 years on. 👏👏👏

  • @marcinzpomorza
    @marcinzpomorza 5 лет назад +10

    I've been working on Bornholm (also in Gudhjem sometimes), which lies on 15th meridian. But I'm from the city of Stargard, which also lies on 15th meridian :-)

  • @Jokkezation
    @Jokkezation 5 лет назад +16

    As always a great video. Velkommen til Danmark.

    • @emok1llerowo164
      @emok1llerowo164 5 лет назад

      Jokkezation Tak, selvom jeg har boet i Danmark i 16 år fordi jeg er 16 år gammel😂😂😂

    • @TheCimbrianBull
      @TheCimbrianBull 5 лет назад

      Selv tak!