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A comment on American Academy of Sleep Medicine calls for elimination of daylight saving time. Parent comment

Re:American Academy of Sleep Medicine calls for elimination ... by rapind on Saturday August 29, 2020 @10:39AM (#24316407)
If you said you received an urgent call at 17:00 I would know exactly what time that is... 17:00. No meaning is lost because there is no time zone (local time) and therefore no disconnect / mental mapping / conversion required.

Given your example we must be talking about different things. I'm saying ONE time globally.

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Re:American Academy of Sleep Medicine calls for elimination ... by MockObject on Saturday August 29, 2020 @01:01PM (#24317516)
I think he's trying to find a case where the absolute hour (1700Z) is less relevant than the subjective hour (0300 local means he was dead asleep)
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Re:American Academy of Sleep Medicine calls for elimination ... by CydeWeys on Saturday August 29, 2020 @01:27PM (#24317762)
Exactly. The point is that it's happening in the middle of the night. That context is entirely lost without local time.
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