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> UTC would be great if it weren't for how everyone wants to think of E.G. 8AM or 9AM or whatever as a common start time You mean people want to think about ho

by ska 7y ago

> UTC would be great if it weren't for how everyone wants to think of E.G. 8AM or 9AM or whatever as a common start time You mean people want to think about hours in a way that is useful to them where they live? Doesn't sound crazy. If everyone moved to UTC you wouldn't solve any real problems. Sure, everyone in New York could get used to their day starting at noon or whatever (to what benefit?) but if you wanted to schedule a meeting with someone in spain (or california) you would still have to figure out the time change to make it a reasonable time for you both. Any way you slice it, you're just pushing the problem around to different places.

James_Henry 7y ago
Everyone moving to UTC could make people start thinking about what time is actually appropriate to start the day instead of defaulting to 8 or 9 am. A lot of people might not want to think about that, but it could end up quite a bit better for public health.
nulbyte 7y ago
> Any way you slice it, you're just pushing the problem around to different places. There isn't a problem. There are many problems. Changes in strategy don't have to solve them all. It is entirely reasonable to prioritize which problem(s) get more attention when there are more than one. That's what this is about, prioritization, and an implicit recognition that one size does not fit all.
GoblinSlayer 7y ago
>If everyone moved to UTC you wouldn't solve any real problems. At least people will be less inclined to use local time for non-local schedule, and will be able to tell time unambiguously.
scrollaway 7y ago
Your day "starting" at 00:00 sounds a lot easier to reason about than the day starting at 08:00. We did get used to the day starting at a weird time for no particular reason, and whenever you change jobs you'll get used to a slightly different time anyway. I don't see how it's more useful the way it is now than any other way. This is like trying to justify that moving summer holidays by one day would disrupt everyone's way of thinking.

by ska 7y ago

James_Henry 7y ago

Everyone moving to UTC could make people start thinking about what time is actually appropriate to start the day instead of defaulting to 8 or 9 am. A lot of people might not want to think about that, but it could end up quite a bit better for public health.

nulbyte 7y ago

> Any way you slice it, you're just pushing the problem around to different places. There isn't a problem. There are many problems. Changes in strategy don't have to solve them all. It is entirely reasonable to prioritize which problem(s) get more attention when there are more than one. That's what this is about, prioritization, and an implicit recognition that one size does not fit all.

GoblinSlayer 7y ago

>If everyone moved to UTC you wouldn't solve any real problems. At least people will be less inclined to use local time for non-local schedule, and will be able to tell time unambiguously.

scrollaway 7y ago

Your day "starting" at 00:00 sounds a lot easier to reason about than the day starting at 08:00. We did get used to the day starting at a weird time for no particular reason, and whenever you change jobs you'll get used to a slightly different time anyway. I don't see how it's more useful the way it is now than any other way. This is like trying to justify that moving summer holidays by one day would disrupt everyone's way of thinking.