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I think the idea is that many people know the offset of their timezone from GMT/UTC, so they wouldn't have to look it up, but nobody can be expected to know the
by cristoperb 6y ago
I think the idea is that many people know the offset of their timezone from GMT/UTC, so they wouldn't have to look it up, but nobody can be expected to know their offset from any arbitrary other timezone.
- lilyball 6y agoOffsets from GMT/UTC are annoying when you have to deal with DST though, as it can be confusing to remember which offset applies at any given point in time.
- GolDDranks 6y agoThis, of course, applies to any timezone, as the starts and ends of DSTs (if they exist) are different in different countries.