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Nowadays synchronization matters a lot more than knowing "what part of the day" is it in a given place. Take into consideration that "parts of the day" work wit
by muyuu 15y ago
Nowadays synchronization matters a lot more than knowing "what part of the day" is it in a given place. Take into consideration that "parts of the day" work within similar ranges of distance to the equator.
If we all used UTC, for instance, I'd only have to work approximately what time do people work and have their meals in different parts of the world, and arranging a call, for instance, would always be trivial. When talking about a time all parties would know it they can make it or not straight away.
Time zones are a relic from the 20th century as far as I'm concerned, but they might as well stick forever.
- PotatoEngineer 15y agoSynchronizing schedules across many time zones is a problem for a pretty small proportion of the populace. Who needs to regularly worry about people 8 time zones away? Maybe 25% of all people in IT (I'll estimate high because outsourcing is popular), and maybe 5% of all white-collar jobs. And, one more number made up on the spot... call that 2% of the world population. And that's being generous. Time zones work for 98% of the world, the 2% will just have to do a little more thinking.
- muyuu 15y agoAnything would work for the vast majority of the world as long as it was stable. That shouldn't stop us from not artificially making it worse.