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The silver bullet isn't storing UTC, its getting rid of timezones. Why not just have a universal clock and call it good?
by kazagistar 8y ago
The silver bullet isn't storing UTC, its getting rid of timezones. Why not just have a universal clock and call it good?
- zbentley 8y agoBecause people need to tell each other about time-related things while being globally distant. "Call me at dinnertime, say 7." "My 7 or your 7?" Is a lot easier than "Call me at 0400" and having both parties do offset math in their heads.
- chrisseaton 8y agoI don't understand. Your first example is the one where people need to do offset maths. The second example requires no offset maths as it's 0400 for both parties and they both already know what they're doing at 0400 if we didn't have timezones.