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Not sure if right place to ask: different planets have different lengths for days/years etc... has there been any attempt at a "universal" clock? Suppose Venus (whose days last longer than its years) were colonized - how would earth and Venus communicate dates/times with one another?

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Not sure if right place to ask: different planets have different lengths for days/years etc... has there been any attempt at a "universal" clock? Suppose Venus (whose days last longer than its years) were colonized - how would earth and Venus communicate dates/times with one another?	1