Time to Dump Time Zones

Re:Time to Dump Time Zones by maxerickson on Sunday November 06, 2016 @08:42PM (#12888232)

My point was more in the second para, that 12 hour clocks aren't a platonic ideal, they are likely a result of practical demands. We make 12 hour dials rather than having them thrust upon us.

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Re:Time to Dump Time Zones by jwhitlark on Sunday November 06, 2016 @10:27PM (#12888592)

James Burke said in one of his shows that the 12 hour clock came in because it was ridiculous to have clock tower bells strike 24.

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Re:Time to Dump Time Zones by grkvlt on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @06:43AM (#12899444)

Wouldn't they strike zero, for 00h00 since there's no 24h00 after 23h59.59? Which, admittedly, would be rediculous ;)

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Re:Time to Dump Time Zones by TheOtherHobbes on Monday November 07, 2016 @04:00AM (#12889736)

I was wondering what the rationale was.

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