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I prefer to keep local time aligned with its historical roots, so that 12 is the hour closest to sun's highest point in the sky. What prevents society from adju
by mongol 9y ago
I prefer to keep local time aligned with its historical roots, so that 12 is the hour closest to sun's highest point in the sky. What prevents society from adjusting to that?
- troels 9y agoAs measured from where? CET is a pretty wide zone.
- mpweiher 9y agoIt's a good idea. However, it is incompatible with having the same time across a fairly large swathe of longitudes. The benefits of having a common time such as CET/MEZ for most of continental Europe outweigh the nicety of having 12 noon correspond to the high point of the sun's arc in the sky.
- akvadrako 9y agoYou could actually do even better and just make all of the EU one timezone - since it doesn't have much to do with high noon anyway.
- mpweiher 9y agoA good idea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Time_zones_of_Europe.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Time_zones_of_Europe.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_European_Time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_European_Time
- tonfa 9y agoYou'd have to move western europe (France/Spain) to GMT for that to happen :) (they stayed on CET/CEST after changing timezone during WWII)
- skrause 9y agoWould that be a problem? I think CET is way too big anyway. UTC makes sense for Spain and maybe France, UTC+1 is a perfect fit for Germany and Poland could be UTC+2.