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It’s not a troll post, I’m very serious: UTC+0:30 corresponds to the solar time at the geographical midpoint of the continental EU. The advantages are legion.
by irdc 3y ago
It’s not a troll post, I’m very serious: UTC+0:30 corresponds to the solar time at the geographical midpoint of the continental EU. The advantages are legion.
- jonathankoren 3y agoNon hour time zones are an abomination
- irdc 3y agoTime zones are arbitrary and the result of a historical accident. If the standardisation of timekeeping were to have happened in Amsterdam (not unlikely seeing the history of telescope development[0]) the issue would have been moot as UTC would be what is now UTC+0:19:32.13. 0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_telescope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_telescope
- jonathankoren 3y ago15 degrees an hour is not arbitrary. It’s an astronomical fact