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A couple things: - a beautiful visualization of how much drift spans across timezones: http://blog.poormansmath.net/the-time-it-takes-to-change-the-time/ http:

• zokier 6y ago
  It's always funny to so see Spains ridiculous time zone. Madrid, along with most of Spain, is west of Greenwich, but they stubbornly are at +1
  • garmaine 6y ago
    Fascist solidarity. Not quite as ridiculous as China’s One Time Zone.
    • nojs 6y ago
      On the other hand it’s really convenient not to have to think about time zones whatsoever when travelling and working in China. I reckon the economic benefits must be huge. In the far west though I guess it’s an issue, eg [1] 1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiang_Time https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiang_Time
      • io84 6y ago
        TIL "Currently, the time zone used within Xinjiang is roughly split along the ethnic divide, with most ethnic Han population in the area following Beijing Time, and most ethnic Uyghur population as well as population of some other ethnics in the area following Xinjiang Time." I guess we see plenty of other units of measurement get tied up with identity (eg miles and ounces in the UK), shouldn't be surprising that it happens with time zones.