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by chgs 618 days ago
Is a UTC day a different length to a common solar day? At this level of pre soon leap seconds and even sidereal day difference makes no difference
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Yes, but they probably mean "the next 72 hours from right now given in UTC".
Or maybe they mean "day" as starting from UTC midnight.
I'd guess that's actually more likely. Interesting bit of jargon.
Maybe they’re contrasting with sidereal days?
That was my initial thought, but that’s a difference of 10 mins over 3 days, and that’s orders of magnitudes more precise than should be used.
Which would be the same as the next 72 hours in PST