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> It's very useful to have some measure of the hours that is roughly the same around the world You could just have the same time everywhere. The only thing tha
by matricaria 3y ago
> It's very useful to have some measure of the hours that is roughly the same around the world
You could just have the same time everywhere. The only thing that changes is that 12 o’clock isn’t midday anymore, which doesn’t match with the current system almost anywhere.
- ks2048 3y agoSo in a story someone says, "I woke up at 5:00 every day" it would be meaningless without also knowing roughly what longitude they were at (With time zones it's approximate, but we know it means they woke up early). If we had a "universal time" - like all our clocks are on UTC - I think people would naturally invent local times and we'd be back to time zones.
- iggldiggl 3y agoIt's also confusing if the change in calendar date happens while most people are out and about.