Curiosity's computer tracks the number of seconds from an epoch [launch, presumably - Hobbes], landing happened at 397502503. The mission calendar uses sols (Martian days) counting from the landing day = sol 0.

^{(from The Design and Engineering of Curiosity, Emily Lakdawalla)}

I see no reason not to use Earth time as the baseline in a Mars community. Anything else would massively complicate things for no benefit.

Curiosity's computer tracks the number of seconds from an epoch [January 1, 2000 CE], landing happened at 397502503. The mission calendar uses sols (Martian days) counting from the landing day = sol 0.

^{(from The Design and Engineering of Curiosity, Emily Lakdawalla)}

I see no reason not to use Earth time as the baseline in a Mars community. Anything else would massively complicate things for no benefit.

Curiosity's computer tracks the number of seconds from an epoch (launch, presumably - Hobbes), landing happened at 397502503. The mission calendar uses sols (Martian days) counting from the landing day = sol 0.

(from The design and engineering of Curiosity, Emily Lakdawalla)

I see no reason not to use Earth time as the baseline in a Mars community. Anything else would massively complicate things for no benefit.

Curiosity's computer tracks the number of seconds from an epoch [launch, presumably - Hobbes], landing happened at 397502503. The mission calendar uses sols (Martian days) counting from the landing day = sol 0.

^{(from The Design and Engineering of Curiosity, Emily Lakdawalla)}

I see no reason not to use Earth time as the baseline in a Mars community. Anything else would massively complicate things for no benefit.