Re:If Google achieves superintelligence, time zones will be ...
by truthexposer on Monday April 17, 2017 @07:49PM
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What difference would that make? If different time zones give the same time, that makes no difference, as the time needed would be the local time. The local time could be in a twilight zone that works on a mod43 clock, but if you're scheduling an appt to be in the twilight zone at +800 twilight zone, +800 twilight zone will be the time you need to be at the place.
Re:If Google achieves superintelligence, time zones will be ...
by ekiru on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @11:08AM
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The problem isn't that multiple time zones give the same local time at a particular time; the problem is that a person may experience the same local time multiple times during a day due to traveling or summer time.
Suppose I'm coming back to Chicago from a trip to Japan, and a friend wants to get an early dinner when I get back. One frequent direct flight from Tokyo leaves NRT around 6 PM and arrives at ORD at 4 PM on the same calendar date. Before I leave Chicago I set an event for meeting them at our favorite restaurant at 5:30 PM. Should my calendar remind me about the event when it's 5:00 PM where I'm at waiting for my flight to board at Narita or at 5:00 PM where I'm at back in Chicago?
It's not even assumption which is guaranteed to have a unique answer, much less the correct unique answer. It's possible for a person to experience the same time local time (on the same local date) in more than one time zone when travelling.
Heck, it's possible to experience the same local time on the same local date twice without travelling during DST or Summer Time transitions, and while most people don't have events scheduled then, people who do might work might.