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I feel like I'm losing my mind reading this comment thread. How can there be any people that think abolishing timezones is a good idea? The article covers the o
by nmeofthestate 12y ago
I feel like I'm losing my mind reading this comment thread. How can there be any people that think abolishing timezones is a good idea? The article covers the obvious problems pretty well.
- henrikschroder 12y agoI'm with you. It's mindbogglingly stupid. Here's another example on why it doesn't help: I live in San Francisco. I travel to South Korea for work, I check in at the hotel, I'm jetlagged, I fall asleep, and wake up some time later. It's dark outside. I'm very tired, but I can't be late for work. How do I know if I can go back to sleep, or have to get up? In a world without timezones: My phone says it's 7pm. I don't know what that means in Korea, in SF it means it's time for lunch. I either have to look it up, or have it internalized that in Korea it means it's in the middle of the night. In a world with timezones: My phone has already switched over to local time. It says it's 4am. I go back to sleep.