“civil time” is also a construction that is flexible in many ways, so an influencial group redefining it isn’t out of norm. To note, timezones were introduced f

“civil time” is also a construction that is flexible in many ways, so an influencial group redefining it isn’t out of norm. To note, timezones were introduced for railway purposes, and some country play a lot with them. For “midnight” being far from “the middle of the night”, that’s already a reality for many Chinese living far enough from Beijing, or god forbid regions where “night” doesn’t mean much for half of the year. For all intents and purposes, if a formal definition of time isn’t practical people come up with their own ways.