Was wondering, because I put my mechanical watch and digital correct to the second via time.is , how people years ago had to correct time differences?
*not sure if entirly within the rules of this subreddit but just think it’s interesting …
Was wondering, because I put my mechanical watch and digital correct to the second via time.is , how people years ago had to correct time differences?
*not sure if entirly within the rules of this subreddit but just think it’s interesting …
They used clocks and watches, and they set their clocks against more accurate central clocks.
how did this work on time zones?
Same as it does now. You either set your watch to the local time, or you set it to standard time, such as GMT.
Set on noontime
And central clocks would be set at noontime usually