>> causes the question "What time is it there?" to be useless/unanswerable The question should have been "what time can I call you" anyway. Not everyone works

>> causes the question "What time is it there?" to be useless/unanswerable The question should have been "what time can I call you" anyway. Not everyone works a 9-5. My in-laws get pissed if I call while they're napping and don't want to turn off their phones in case there's an emergency. Some of my friends work night-shifts in the medical field. I put my kids to bed early and my colleagues start their work day exceptionally late. You have to coordinate anyway because everyone is in a unique situation. >> necessitates significant changes to the way in which normal people talk about time And right now, how I talk about time varies depending on where in the state I am and what time of year it is and where in the state the person I'm talking to is. I could go on. I'm sure there are complexities to eliminating time zones I haven't thought of, but honestly this sounds like they're trying to exaggerate the problem and it doesn't even sound that bad.