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> Rather than asking "what's the time in New York?," I'll be asking "what part of the day is it in New York?" Except that the current time zones dont really te
by muuh-gnu 15y ago
> Rather than asking "what's the time in New York?," I'll be asking "what part of the day is it in New York?"
Except that the current time zones dont really tell you that, sice most of them are decided politically, not by mapping to sunrise/sunset as closely as possible. The world time zone map is a irrational mess, including time jumps of 2-3 hours when crossing a land border, or time zones changing backwards becuse of convulted political borders.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Standard_time_zones_of_the_world.png http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Standard_...
- majika 15y agoActually, yes, the current timezones do tell me that. The time known as 7 AM is early morning everywhere. 11 AM is late morning everywhere. 2 PM is early afternoon everywhere. 8 PM is mid evening everywhere. By their definition, timezones are 100% accurate for telling the "part of the day". They're inaccurate in the sense of telling where the sun is in the sky - not too big of a deal, really. But even then, they're close enough for casual purposes.