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Look at it from the other direction for a moment: say we started with universal time. The whole world used UTC. Now try suggesting timezones. The idea would loo
by IgorPartola 2y ago
Look at it from the other direction for a moment: say we started with universal time. The whole world used UTC. Now try suggesting timezones. The idea would look absolutely insane. It would be a non-starter discussion.
On the other hand the transition from timezones to UTC has some challenges but the idea itself is very worth considering. What does this tell you?
- Tor3 2y agoWhy would that look insane at all? It's like saying that letting everybody everywhere be able to say "I work from nine to five" is insane. Or that saying that the date changes to the next day when it's midnight is insane.
- IgorPartola 2y agoBecause we had that. The reason GMT exists is because train stations in England all ran on different clocks. The train could leave at 11am and arrive at 10:55 at the next station because the clocks could be that far apart. And that was confusing so they said “hey you know what’s a good idea? Having a coordinated time!” Going back to that would make things more confusing. You take it for granted that we all use the same calendar. Nobody signs your paycheck using the Chinese calendar, right? You likely agree that the US using the imperial system is silly because wouldn’t the world be in a better place if we all used metric. So why the resistance to this?
- Tor3 2y agoHuh? We're arguing that timezones make sense and that keeping the world in a single timezone ("UTC everywhere") would not be a good option. You seemed to argue that if timezones hadn't already been invented then the idea of a local time would be insane. That's what I was replying to.