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I noted this at the end of my comment, but I'll elaborate: Time zones do tend to be chosen such that inhabitants are within +/- 1 hour of solar time. If you lo
by jml7c5 7y ago
I noted this at the end of my comment, but I'll elaborate:
Time zones do tend to be chosen such that inhabitants are within +/- 1 hour of solar time. If you look at the map at http://blog.poormansmath.net/images/SolarTimeVsStandardTimeV2.png http://blog.poormansmath.net/images/SolarTimeVsStandardTimeV... , a switch to permanent DST in North America would make the continent a very bright red.
- teilo 7y agoYeah, you added that endnote after I commented. Sheesh.
- jml7c5 7y agoMy mistake, I thought I'd put it in there originally! Usually I throw an "EDIT:" in, but it's possible I made the edit so quickly after posting that I didn't think anyone had started replying yet. No offence or subterfuge intended. :-)