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Universal Coordinated Time
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Today, you know it's the same time everywhere in your time zone thanks to Universal Coordinated Time. But when humans used the Sun to tell time, they couldn’t tell time precisely.
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Timothy Burkhart
Peace River Break Coordinator
Timothy Burkhart is a Peace River Break Coordinator for the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative.