I'm not sure what this article is about. At a minimum it is misguided. I don't think anyone is seriously arguing for abolishing time zones. Also, while zoneinfo

I'm not sure what this article is about. At a minimum it is misguided. I don't think anyone is seriously arguing for abolishing time zones. Also, while zoneinfo is great, it doesn't help with the more serious issues that arise from arcane/archaic timekeeping. There are several major, common issues with timekeeping that cause huge engineering headaches: - Frequent or arbitrary changes to time zone standards - Daylight savings time - Time zones with fractional hour offsets - Frequent or arbitrary adjustments to UTC (universal time) in an effort to keep it more astronomically correct The good things I can imagine happening to timekeeping are: - Abolish daylight savings time - Separate universal terrestrial time from "astronomically correct" time, with infrequent synchronizations fixed in time (e.g. once every decade or century) - Abolish fractional hour offset time zones and encourage countries to consolidate time zones