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I don't get how the problem would be harder with a universal timezone. Currently, I have to look up which timezone India is in and find a good time that works f

• leetcrew 3y ago
  so the high level problem here is "how can I infer a locale's working hours without asking every individual?" the current solution is to set an explicit expectation that people work 9-5ish in their local offset. is your proposal to do the same thing, but the expectation is that people work noon-4 to noon+4, or something like that? I don't see any major advantages to that, but I do see one major disadvantage: solar noon occurs at a different time every day. of all the arbitrary markers to align schedules with, this seems like a pretty bad one.
  • laserlight 3y ago
    > is your proposal to do the same thing, but the expectation is that people work noon-4 to noon+4, or something like that? Yes. Rather than using solar noon at one day, we can look up an average solar noon time. It should give a better idea how people would plan their day. I understand that schedules will be different at different locations, but then 9 to 5 also has that much variation from location to location.
• makingstuffs 3y ago
  Your solution is the same regardless of the number of time zones in existence. Either way you need to ‘look up what time noon is in India’.