Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone

Re:Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone by sethammons on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @06:11AM (#41993397)

Some dates will change when at relatively strange times. For some, the date change will be two hours into the workday. That seems odd. And you lose some info too: if I want a 07:30 (am) meeting, is that during the working hours of my target location? With offsets, I can see that it is 12:30pm at my target location and know that I am scheduling over lunch very likely. With no timezones, how do I know what time of day it is there? Recall some anchor time and do mental math each time? "Morning in London is 13:00, so four hours later right before lunch is 17:00, and for an LA meeting, let's see, morning there is 05:00, so 17:00 is evening time, I think

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Re:Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone by vander_elst on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @06:49AM (#41993542)

> the date change will be two hours into the workday. That seems odd

Seconds minutes and hours can change but the day cannot?

> mental math each time

Usually meetings are setup using an app and shared calendars should actually help here, a person can have meeting slots and out of office time, that should provide the same info. logistically I don't see that much of a difference from the current situation

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Re:Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone by iggldiggl on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @11:44AM (#41996400)

> Seconds minutes and hours can change but the day cannot?

The calendar day being aligned to the sleep/wake cycle and changing when most of the population is either asleep or at least might not terribly care about the actual date does help quite a bit.

> Usually meetings are setup using an app and shared calendars should actually help here, a person can have meeting slots and out of office time, that should provide the same info. logistically I don't see that much of a difference from the current situation

It'd also wreck any time references in any kinds of stories that aren't consumed locally. So every time I read/watch/listen to a story that isn't set where I live, I'd first have to look up the local time to make sense of any time references.

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