Re:Map of Proposed US Time Zone Changes
by Razengan on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @12:21AM
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If I were elected overlord I would move everyone to a universal time (no zones) and a calendar where all the months have the same number of days + some intercalary holidays.
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Re:Map of Proposed US Time Zone Changes
by jimktrains2 on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @12:34PM
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But then when I schedule a meeting with someone I need to look up what time of day it is for them anyway. Is 16:00Z lunch? Dinner? Middle of the night? You end up with the same problem and same tables.
I imagine this is how it would go in practice:
"Let's meet at 9:00TT", and they might say
"That won't work for me. Anytime from 11:00 to 13:00 would be best."
and then you refine it further based on your own schedule.
Daylight/nighttime shouldn't matter much in modern/future human civilization anyway, so you would only be scheduling around bedtime and other plans, unless activities specifically require sunlight or a lack of.
Re:Map of Proposed US Time Zone Changes
by jimktrains2 on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @03:40PM
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> Daylight/nighttime shouldn't matter much in modern human civilization anyway
You know except that pesky thing about how most people sleep at night and work during the day.
I'm not saying society wouldn't adjust, I just don't think it removes even the bulk of the problem. If I set my phone alarm in et to 6am, if I travel to San Francisco or Rome I want to be up at 6 local time, because I want to be up during the daylight hours.