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I do. And the math needs to be done either way, if you're trying to determine a relation to when the sun is at its peak for your area vs their area.
by rascul 4y ago
I do. And the math needs to be done either way, if you're trying to determine a relation to when the sun is at its peak for your area vs their area.
- Aerroon 4y agoThe math would've been a lot easier if GMT+0 had been somewhere in the Pacific ocean. Going from +1 to -7 is a lot more troublesome for most people than from +11 to +19.
- bonzini 4y agoWell, it would just move the issue to Europe wouldn't it? If Europe became a -10ish time zone, they would be the one having to go from +11 to +19.
- midoridensha 4y agoYeah, it would be nice if they made GMT the same as the international date line.
- bonzini 4y agoThe international date line is where you go from GMT-12 to GMT+11 or something similar. So, no matter what time zone you pick as the reference, by definition the international date line is 12 hours away from your reference.
- defrost 4y agoExcept where it's -10 or +14 hours away from reference due to jogging around countries or island groups. See: https://www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://www.timeanddate.com/time/map/
- bonzini 4y agoYeah it zigzags a bit but it hovers on the two sides of +/-12, placing it around 0 would mean half the world operating on a work week that is shifted by one.
- petesergeant 4y agoSure, but I work across three timezones, and I can glance up to the top-right of my computer and see all three at a very quick glance, as well as knowing when people are likely to be having lunch, whether it's early or late for someone, and so on. I'm also now quite used to "Jerry gets up early his time" for certain coworkers. I guess you could potentially have some sort of graphic to show the same thing for sunrise vs sunset ... but as you point out, the maths needs to be done either way, so why get rid of a system that works pretty well? DST is the real enemy here.