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Re:Siri, What Time Is It in London? by creddit on Friday May 22, 2020 @08:30AM (#23271354)
> Why on earth should someone living in a state specifically ask for the local time in a different location within that same state?

Who said they were in that state when asking? People travel.

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Re:Siri, What Time Is It in London? by Slartie on Friday May 22, 2020 @10:09AM (#23272206)
True. So substitute "living" with "currently located in". Makes the problem of correctly considering the context of that question just even more complicated ;-)
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Re:Siri, What Time Is It in London? by TheCoelacanth on Friday May 22, 2020 @10:43AM (#23272628)
I find it unlikely that someone in that scenario would ask "What time is it in London?" rather than "What time is it in Ohio?"
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Re:Siri, What Time Is It in London? by AlotOfReading on Friday May 22, 2020 @12:21PM (#23273735)
I ask for the time in SF or LA all the time, rather than the time in California. Regardless, it's not hard to find cases in the same state that cross timezone boundaries. Cottonwood, AZ vs Cottonwood, AZ 86503 (on Navajo time) is an example.
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Re:Siri, What Time Is It in London? by TheCoelacanth on Friday May 22, 2020 @03:34PM (#23275989)
SF and LA are major cities. London, OH is not.
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