Sleep experts say Senate is wrong: Standard time, not DST, should be permanent

Re:Sleep experts say Senate is wrong: Standard time, not DST... by cmurf on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @09:44PM (#30706592)

No chance. I know two people who want to be 30 minutes offset from UTC and they could give zero shits about UTC. As a pilot, I'm attached to UTC and really don't want to deal with any non-zero minutes offset. Everything in aviation is UTC based - you make a position or pilot report, you use UTC. Weather, NOTAMs, flight plans, clearances, all UTC. I'd be irritated as hell to have a 30 minute offset from local. I think most of the (aero)nautical industry would be against it.

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Re:Sleep experts say Senate is wrong: Standard time, not DST... by nybble41 on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @11:22PM (#30707303)

There are already some places with 30 or even 45 minute offsets from UTC; they seem to manage alright. Though I generally agree that it isn't necessary to divide the time zones that finely. Local noon should always be within about 45 minutes of solar noon, but you can do that just fine while rounding to the nearest hour. (Thirty minutes would be enough if we ignored political boundaries, but a 15-minute margin allows you to avoid splitting cities into multiple zones.)

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Re:Sleep experts say Senate is wrong: Standard time, not DST... by kylehotchkiss on Thursday March 17, 2022 @03:34AM (#30708546)

45 minutes is Nepal right? India wanted to be unique with their 30 minute offset, but Nepal has to one-up them with the 45 minute offset.

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Re:Sleep experts say Senate is wrong: Standard time, not DST... by nybble41 on Thursday March 17, 2022 @10:21PM (#30718113)

Nepal is one at UTC+05:45, but there are also Eucla in West Australia at UTC+08:45 and the Chatham Islands at UTC+12:45.

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