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Re:White House directs NASA to create time standard for the ... by tzs on Thursday April 04, 2024 @08:04AM (#39929302)
> If engineers were in charge, there would be no time zones

We might not specifically have time zones, but we'd have something that is equivalent.

We live on an approximately spherical world, its rotation is not tidal locked to its star, its rotational axis is not perpendicular to its orbital plane, we evolved to synchronize our biological rhythms including our sleep/wake cycle to local sunrise and sunset, we occupy a wide range of latitudes and longitudes, and we need to coordinate activities with people who are far away from us.

That puts a lower limit on the complexity of our time keeping system.

Re:White House directs NASA to create time standard for the ... by psd1 on Thursday April 04, 2024 @10:52AM (#39931184)
Instead of time zones, we'd have variable customary times for meals. I call that a reduction in complexity.
Re:White House directs NASA to create time standard for the ... by rightbyte on Friday April 05, 2024 @07:11AM (#39940961)
You are just moving the complexity from your date widget to the user, who in the end probably is better of using a sun dial.