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You already can get rid of time zones by only using UTC. But is is not very practical. The time zone communicates the part of the day in any place around the
by thdrdt 6y ago
You already can get rid of time zones by only using UTC.
But is is not very practical.
The time zone communicates the part of the day in any place around the world.
- throw0101a 6y ago> You already can get rid of time zones by only using UTC. UTC has leap seconds. You are thinking of TAI: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Atomic_Time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Atomic_Time
- ghaff 6y agoI suspect most people on the "abolish time zones" kick don't actually deal with people in other timezones very much. By knowing what timezone someone is in, I know instantly--without even consulting their calendar to find out what their usual working hours are--whether 2pm my time is a reasonable time to propose a meeting. Similarly, every time I travel to a city in a different timezone, I'm going to have to find out what usual business hours are, when dinner typically is (which admittedly varies a bit from country to country anyway), and so forth.
- andromeduck 6y agoThat sounds great until you have to look at people's calendars anyway and have to maintain conversions between more than two time zones, some of which also jump around due to DST and other bullshit.