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> Regular time gives CONTEXT about things like daylight That's the thing I'm discussing here. You are mostly right, but I wanted to point out that depending on
by MayeulC 5y ago
> Regular time gives CONTEXT about things like daylight
That's the thing I'm discussing here. You are mostly right, but I wanted to point out that depending on a range of factors, local time can be offset by ~3 hours compared to the sun (depending on latitude and longitude), with office times sometimes following suit.
DST is even worse if we consider that some businesses have different opening times during winter and summer.
Anyway, UTC might be impractical to use in everyday life, or it might not. But please give the time as UTC when scheduling a meeting or event across time zones, especially across countries. This is even worse when someone posts something on the internet: "livestream begins at <random time>". You're lucky if a timezone is posted at all sometimes, but I'd have to look up what will be my local time if something like "PST" is given, while I always know my offset to UTC.