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Re:Europe pushing for lunar time zone by Aerroon on Thursday March 02, 2023 @01:16AM (#34992617)
The math would've been a lot easier if GMT+0 had been somewhere in the Pacific ocean. Going from +1 to -7 is a lot more troublesome for most people than from +11 to +19.
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Re:Europe pushing for lunar time zone by bonzini on Thursday March 02, 2023 @02:43AM (#34993124)
Well, it would just move the issue to Europe wouldn't it? If Europe became a -10ish time zone, they would be the one having to go from +11 to +19.
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Re:Europe pushing for lunar time zone by midoridensha on Thursday March 02, 2023 @02:47AM (#34993157)
Yeah, it would be nice if they made GMT the same as the international date line.
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Re:Europe pushing for lunar time zone by bonzini on Thursday March 02, 2023 @05:46AM (#34994270)
The international date line is where you go from GMT-12 to GMT+11 or something similar.

So, no matter what time zone you pick as the reference, by definition the international date line is 12 hours away from your reference.

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Re:Europe pushing for lunar time zone by defrost on Thursday March 02, 2023 @05:51AM (#34994300)
Except where it's -10 or +14 hours away from reference due to jogging around countries or island groups.

See:

https://www.timeanddate.com/time/map/

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Re:Europe pushing for lunar time zone by bonzini on Thursday March 02, 2023 @06:24AM (#34994508)
Yeah it zigzags a bit but it hovers on the two sides of +/-12, placing it around 0 would mean half the world operating on a work week that is shifted by one.
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