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Is it a bigger issue than signing and dating a document while in a different time zone from the one the document needs to be dated in? E.g. signing a contract on the west coast when the contract needs to be dated on eastern time because of regulation X by agency Y. What if there are multiple regulatory agencies that want you to date the document in different time zones? e.g. the SEC and the ECB.

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This isn't really an issue that the vast majority of people face. Sure, it's a hard problem, but only a tiny number of people are affected by it.

I would argue it makes the most sense to date all legal documents in UTC and using any other timezone would be a confusing mistake. But we can disagree.

For America, maybe EST sure, but UTC would not make any sense. Most people do not have an intuitive understanding of what their time zone to UTC is. However, picking a single well defined timezone would still fit your intent.

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