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Friday, August 11, 2006 2:13:03 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00) ( Random Stuff | Tech )

Fly in and out of enough airports and you'll end up dazed and confused. After flying something like a zillion miles so far this year and transiting who knows how many gates at how many airports, combined with the fact that Arizona has a history of operating on it's own unique clock like a separatist nation... Well anyhow I got to Phoenix (at least I know where I am) and realized I have no idea what time it it here. I am also too lazy to get up and find a clock (a device you'd think you'd find in abundance, but which is actually desperately missing from almost every airport).

So, Google to the rescue. Did you know Google will tell you what time it is anywhere you like? Just ask:

What time is it in Phoenix, AZ?

Google-time

There ya go - It's not just about keyword search!



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Friday, August 11, 2006 3:00:37 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
"It's not just about keyword search"

Amen to that. I discussed this a little while ago on my blog on a similar note about Value added search (http://trevin.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!C97E92F3E4DAD144!394.entry). Just doing relevant keyword searches isn't enough, and search engines are already good enough IMO. Next step is getting their acts together and bubble up answers to what I'm really searching for, like the current time.
Saturday, August 12, 2006 8:14:59 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
Hmm. Oddly, that doesn't work for Boston - neither "What time is it in Boston?" nor "What time is it in Boston, MA?" will turn up a result. It must be a very selective set of cities that it will return the time for.

--Quentin
Sunday, August 13, 2006 6:51:51 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
Nice, although it didn't work for Calgary, AB (that's Alberta, not Alabama) but did work for Toronto, ON (Ontario).
Monday, August 21, 2006 1:35:36 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
That is really awesome. I haven't tested it out yet, but will definitely be doing that soon!
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