[tulio_ribeiro]

I’m so surprised that a country who still clings to the imperial system would have any clue about UTC, the time standard that the rest of the world uses.

The launch is scheduled to 1300 UTC, for us engineering folks.

[geuis]

Its currently 6:10pm in Beijing. Its also 6:10pm everywhere else in China (https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/china).

Because that's a country that doesn't use the imperial system and still insists its the same time as the eastern capital no matter where else in the country people happen to be.

Lets also mention that China is almost the same width as the US, probably larger to be fair.

[ricardobeat]

It probably pays off in efficiency.

I was gonna say it must be weird to see solar noon at 3pm, or live in one of the western provinces and have sunrise at 4:30pm / sunset at 9-10pm for part of the year, but that describes life in the Netherlands too.

[tssva]

The US doesn't use the imperial system.

[bombcar]

UTC (Zulu) is universally used by airplane people. Most have at least heard of it, even if they don't easily do the math.

[Titan2189]

"airplane people" - technical term