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Re:Massachusetts is considering leaving the Eastern Time Zone by pmurT on Thursday October 26, 2017 @06:18PM (#15563689)
I wish we'd get rid of timezones all together - is there really much point aside from tradition?
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Re:Massachusetts is considering leaving the Eastern Time Zone by dredmorbius on Friday October 27, 2017 @12:54AM (#15565810)
Yes, there is, and it ties into a whole mess of interrelated standardisation, information, and control capabilities. Beninger's book is a fascinating exploratiion of this.

http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674169869

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