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>> this isn't an engineering problem and there's no correct solution. It was an engineering problem, very literally an engineer problem. Standardized time zon
by sandworm101 4y ago
>> this isn't an engineering problem and there's no correct solution.
It was an engineering problem, very literally an engineer problem. Standardized time zones were needed to keep trains, the big heavy things driven by engineers, from smacking into each other at speed. Coordinating all the train station clocks wasn't done for social reasons but for safety and efficiency. Imagine trying to run a modern air transport network if every airport changed its clock a few minutes every day. Total chaos.
- ajross 4y agoI don't know about trains specifically, but air transport planning happens in UTC for exactly that reason. If "time zones" were indeed an engineering solution, they were the wrong solution.
- sandworm101 4y agoTime zones are part of standard time, but the core concept is that everyone agrees to synchronize their clocks. Time zones are an abstraction layer above.