Why Denmark used to be .04 seconds behind the world
Measuring time is a complicated thing. Computers, banks, and stock markets in Denmark all use UTC, the international standard: but according to the law, they shouldn’t. UPDATE, March 2023: The law has now been changed! https://www.ft.dk/samling/20222/lovforslag/l19/20222_l19_som_vedtaget.htm
Edited by Michelle Martin https://www.youtube.com/@OnTheCrux
Thanks to Thor Nielsen for the suggestion!
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@TomScottGo
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
Update, March 2023: the law has now been changed! https://www.ft.dk/samling/20222/lovforslag/l19/20222_l19_som_vedtaget.htm
@PeterHtz
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
Why is Denmark 0.4 seconds behind the world… 8/1/26🎉
@sirpotatoman3248
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
You have to be a speedrunner to even slightly care about that
@Nico_M.
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
This is one of those "brown m&m's" situations where following the law (or not) actually doesn't kinda matter, but then what similar situations are out there that are kinda trivial but we don't realise their importance.
@tammyleung7578
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
Love seeing expert who is both passionate and knowledgeable. He is a true scientist.
@robertgoldman8064
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
Image if we could add or subtract a leap second when needed in life.
@Taco_truck71
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
Sweden 🇸🇪
@Erthæl_The_Protogen
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
So, because of this, there was one minute in ALL of danidh history that was less than sixty seconds long
@EnjoyCocaColaLight
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
So… did they fix this yet?
@Peace-Weaver
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
I grew up on this island and it’s really a small paradise on earth. I hope I will one day get to move back there.
@jumfien
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
Denmark lives life… in the slow lane 😌😌✨✨
@MrTheWaterbear
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
It’s not called Dag Hammarskjölds Vej, it’s. It’s called Dag Hammarskjölds Allé.
@claim2game164
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
as a dane who got here 6 years later i meannn Ey we got this Sweden got Ikea
@Maitch3000
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
Sometimes I am curious about the future, so I step over the German border. I don't like it, so I stay in the past
@nbvehbectw5640
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
Now I'll have to wonder if I just happened to watch the video when the error is 0.04 second, or if the code finally broke.
@Bulbulatoric
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
This is how anarchy and revolution starts!
@pradeepdissanayaka4294
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
The time keeping code seems to be broken
@4DMavrick
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
Humanity spending millions of tax payers money to just discover. 04 sec time delay rather than providing the needy ones
@ethan687-wy
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
6 years later and it's still 0.04 seconds
@RafaelScarpa
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
2:14 CD Walkman?
@alaner1383
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
Used to be?
@samsamsamsam165
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
Ah so that's where the musician Tycho got his name!
@MrAlex3461
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
So the only consequence was a country's trading defined wealth.
@emu314159
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
The Danish parliament will introduce a tariff on time.
@sunnyiii9970
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
sorry the title hasn’t changed it’s .04 still😮 edit: oh it’s used to be
did Denmark change their laws yet?
and 5:36 😮
@Continentalmunkey77
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
4:05
@Continentalmunkey77
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
0:44 no falklands🥨🤬🦒🥶🦷
@bindasto2274
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
না ই চ
@jheldal
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
So the earth wobbles, but obviously only in Denmark? Are we living on wobbly ground here? I live not far from that line and I don't feel the wobbling…
@mikebartlett6356
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
Watching this from Denmark and slightly sad that we're not still in the slight past
@binkymagnus
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
Danish society is collapsing! Kamelåså!!!!!!
@Gottchabeach
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
Everytime i have seen this video it was at 0.04
@TransVoiceCoach
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
its always seemed strange to me that the answer people came to was to split stuff into time zones instead of just having one universal time scale that sticks in one place
and then for each place to do stuff at different times according to where the sun is for them at some given time
@PibPasquale
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
WHY ARE YOU DRIVING SO FAST AAAAH
@AussieKim42
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 am
Take the second exit or the point-nought-four exit?
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