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Couldn’t I just learn that Uncle Steve gets off work at 01:00 CST, by figuring out his offset from UTC and combining it with mine? Your solution doesn’t change
by wpm 1y ago
Couldn’t I just learn that Uncle Steve gets off work at 01:00 CST, by figuring out his offset from UTC and combining it with mine?
Your solution doesn’t change that I have to figure out some “how many hours different is Uncle Steve”, just that somehow I’ll magically figure that out without using the simple UTC offsets we use to denote those differences now. It just papers over them.
- fastball 1y agoBoth scenarios require learning, only one scenario requires constant back-and-forth conversion, which in turn introduces opportunities for mistakes and confusion. Here is another example: I schedule a meeting with my co-worker in London. I say "how about 10am your time?" This is because I know he is X hours behind my timezone because I've learned that fact. He agrees and I show up an hour late because I forgot about DST and that he is only X-1 hours behind now. If we both coordinated around UTC, he would've said "actually 11 is better for me" and I would've showed up an hour earlier.