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So London, England would be in the same timezone as Moosenee, Canada and Irkutsk, Russia? EDIT: This checkerboard would be very difficult to deal with. Also, p
by Ensorceled 6y ago
So London, England would be in the same timezone as Moosenee, Canada and Irkutsk, Russia?
EDIT: This checkerboard would be very difficult to deal with. Also, people in northern or southern latitudes are used to extremes in day lengths.
But, fundamentally, timezones are so that "noon" is about when the sun is overhead for you. People at the same longitude still have the same noontime regardless of when the sun rises or sets.
- ogre_codes 6y agoNot the above poster, but I suspect they were referring to the fact that in higher latitudes day lengths are affected much more by seasonal swings than areas closer to the equator. So the reasons for having DST to begin with becomes more exaggerated at those latitudes.
- Ensorceled 6y agoI know, I live in Canada. I'm trying to figure out what they are proposing.
- ogre_codes 6y agoNot entirely sure what that exactly that would mean either.
- Zak 6y agoNo, but Moosonee, Canada might be in a different time zone from Key West, FL (they are currently in the same time zone).
- oblio 6y agoI think you're misunderstanding his proposal. He's not advocating for <<getting rid>> of longitudinal timezones, he's proposing <<adding>> latitudinal timezones. Timezones now are kind of long lines from pole to pole, he wants them to be more like checkerboards. He does have a point, the same timezone that's ok at the Equator makes for kind of awkward periods of the day around the 50th meridian.