• Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    So they can log how much is being used, track how old it is, etc.

    Why wouldn’t a company want to have the date alongside their inventory and sales.

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      8 months ago

      Cause the actual date doesn’t matter.

      You log epoch time, and convert as needed.

      Though the as-needed convert may be the issue.

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      8 months ago

      Surely you can do all that without tying the functioning of the entire pumping system directly to the time stamp though, right?