有些對國際開放的網站(如YouTube)在維護伺服器前,作提示的時候,會寫上美國西部時間(如YouTube在維護伺服器時,會寫上:YouTube will be undergoing scheduled maintenance, starting around 7:00 pm PDT.)而不使用國際標準時間表示,雖然國際標準時間也是另外一種主義歐洲中心主義的體現。
William R. Thompson, "Global War and the Foundations of US Systemic Leadership", chap. 7 in America, War and Power: Defining the State, 1775–2005, eds. Lawrence Sondhaus and A. James Fuller (Abingdon, Oxon, UK: 2007), 146 ("The customary approach to accounting for the rise of the United States to global primacy is descriptive, American-centric, and heavily reliant on the distinctiveness of the ascent.").