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Won't using UTC globally be enough? Converting to decimal time will render most current time-aware devices obsolete, from wrist watches to microwaves to airpor
by cabirum 13y ago
Won't using UTC globally be enough?
Converting to decimal time will render most current time-aware devices obsolete, from wrist watches to microwaves to airport terminal software.
Also, scientific calculations rely on metric time[1], and need not to deal with minutes/hours.
[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_time http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_time
- telmich 13y agoThe problem is that you cannot modify people's behaviour by pointing them to something existing: harry: "hey, utc would be great, let's drop CEST." joana: "UTC was designed for something else ... <more offtopic arguments" whereas with SUT, you have the chance to change behaviour: harry: "There's a new time format, SUT. If we adapt to it, the world will become much simpler." joana: "Wow, so cool. Let's do that!"
- manicdee 13y agoAnd then you keep a list of work hours in each friend's contact card. So Sally is in New York, her work hours are 14:00–22:00. Frank is in Amsterdam, so his work hours are 09:00–17:00. It is exactly the same as UTC, just using decimal. So just use UTC, or the time zone support in your calendaring software.