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The current Bully Row timestamp is:
The percentage count to next timestamp is:
( 1965 sec / 3055 sec ) = 64.321%
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2025-04-30 07:48:29 (UTC)
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What is the Bully Row time system?
The Bully Row time system is neither a clock nor a calendar. Clocks are tied to the rotation of the Earth and measure time in terms of days, and fractions of days (for example: hours, minutes, and seconds). Calendars are tied to changes in the seasons, which result from the orbit of the Earth around the Sun and from the precession of the Earth's rotational axis. Clocks and calendars are used for tracking biological processes such as setting a time to wake up in the morning, or determining when to plant crops.
The Bully Row time system is not tied to the rotation of the Earth, and is only marginally related to the Earth's orbit (in ways that will be explained in an upcoming Youtube video). Since clocks and calendars are tied to the motions of the Earth, and these motions are somewhat irregular, it becomes necessary from time to time to insert leap seconds, or other corrections, to keep clocks and calendars in sync with the Earth's actual motion. The Bully Row time system is not directly tied to the motions of the Earth, and hence, it is never necessary to insert leap seconds or other corrections. The Bully Row time system is directly related to International Atomic Time (TAI), which is the passage of time as measured with atomic clocks.
A unique hexadecimal twelve digit Bully Row timestamp is issued every 3055 seconds TAI. The universe is currently believed to be less than 13.8 billion years old, which means that there are enough unique Bully Row timestamps to span the entire age of the universe.
Each Bully Row timestamp is issued exactly 3055 seconds TAI after the previous one; however, due to leap second corrections, the issuing of Bully Row timestamps may appear to have occurred in less (or more) time when compared with a standard wall clock. To clear up uncertainty, the following table (derived from the Wikipedia "Leap Second" article), lists all leap second insertions that have occurred since the introduction of modern time keeping:
| Year | 30 Jun | 31 Dec | Bully Row Timestamp |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +1 | +1 | 8209 28E5 DFFB 8209 28E5 DFFC | 1972-06-30 23:34:45 TAI 1972-07-01 00:25:40 TAI | 1972-06-30 23:34:35 UTC 1972-07-01 00:25:29 UTC | |
| 1973 | 0 | +1 | |
| 1974 | 0 | +1 | |
| 1975 | 0 | +1 | |
| 1976 | 0 | +1 | |
| 1977 | 0 | +1 | |
| 1978 | 0 | +1 | |
| 1979 | 0 | +1 | |
| 1981 | +1 | 0 | |
| 1982 | +1 | 0 | |
| 1983 | +1 | 0 | |
| 1985 | +1 | 0 | |
| 1987 | 0 | +1 | |
| 1989 | 0 | +1 | |
| 1990 | 0 | +1 | |
| 1992 | +1 | 0 | |
| 1993 | +1 | 0 | |
| 1994 | +1 | 0 | |
| 1995 | 0 | +1 | |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1997 | +1 | 0 | |
| 1998 | 0 | +1 | |
| 2005 | 0 | +1 | |
| 2008 | 0 | +1 | |
| 2012 | +1 | 0 | |
| 2015 | +1 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 0 | +1 | |
| Year | 30 Jun | 31 Dec | |
| Total | 11 | 16 | |
| 27 | |||
| Current TAI − UTC | |||
| 37 | |||
Javascript Bully Row Timestamps
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body onload="startTime()">
<h2>Bully Row Galactic Time:</h2>
<div id="txt"></div>
<script>
function startTime() {
const now = new Date();
const Jun_21_1998_noon_UTC = 898430400000;
const TAI_leap_milliseconds = 37000;
const anchor_byte3 = parseInt("8209", 16);
const anchor_byte2 = parseInt("28E9", 16);
const anchor_byte1 = parseInt("F800", 16);
let Tta = (now.getTime() - (Jun_21_1998_noon_UTC - TAI_leap_milliseconds)) / 30550;
let Tta_dec = Tta % 100;
Tta = ((Tta - Tta_dec) / 100) + anchor_byte1;
let Tta_hex3 = (Tta % 16**4);
Tta = ((Tta - Tta_hex3) / 16**4) + anchor_byte2;
let Tta_hex2 = (Tta % 16**4);
Tta = ((Tta - Tta_hex2) / 16**4) + anchor_byte3;
document.getElementById('txt').innerHTML = "<h1>" + Tta.toString(16).toUpperCase().padStart(4, "0") + " " + Tta_hex2.toString(16).toUpperCase().padStart(4, "0") + " " + Tta_hex3.toString(16).toUpperCase().padStart(4, "0") + "</h1>" + " + " + Tta_dec.toFixed(2) + "% (Tta)" + "<br /><br /><br />Your Local Time:<br />" + now;
setTimeout(startTime, 305);
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
