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Any big brains out there know of a universal way to measure time?

Like let’s say we’ve made contact with an alien race and have figured out communications. We want to tell them a thing will happen at a specific time, but they have a different means of measurement that we can’t understand. Is there a universal constant way to measure time that doesn’t assume a standard planetary rotation, or the reactions of a specific atom to specific conditions? A constant regardless of environmental conditions that with the basic equipment of a reasonably techno-savvy civilization could easily be measured

*edit* Could the hydrogen line frequency be used as constance reference point perhaps?
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We could just sit around and chat until it happens. We should level with them if there are politicians involved because then it will never happen.
Zaphod42 · 46-50, M
@Mamapolo2016 In the story this is for, I’d kill for for the sort of socio/political system the alien empire imposes on its citizens, lol
@Zaphod42 With any luck, THEY'LL know what time it is and figure out how to tell us.