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another problem with the 3-letter system is that it's not always 3 letters. With daylight saving CST become CEST which is then +-1 different depending where you
by hhebbo 5y ago
another problem with the 3-letter system is that it's not always 3 letters. With daylight saving CST become CEST which is then +-1 different depending where you are.
With hTime and bringing UTC into the clock, I'm aiming at eliminating the need to think of the 3-letter system altogether. If I know what time globally is (UTC) and what it means in my local time, then I won't need to know what CET or PT is anymore. hTime gets the job done using "one clock". The idea of UTC here is that it's a rotating UTC. So hTime utilizes where you are on Earth and uses that to rotate UTC accordingly so you get the same reading of time everywhere. That's a global time concept, which what UTC is about.
- mark-r 5y agoIn the U.S. CST becomes CDT in the summer. Which country changes it to CEST?
- hhebbo 5y agoah sorry, that's CET (not CST) to CEST. That's Europe Central Time to Europe Central Summer Time. I believe we better off using UTC only.
- mark-r 5y agoI think computers may be better off using UTC, but people are still better off with local time. I'd hate to be at UTC+11 or UTC-11 and have the date change in the middle of the day.