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Re:AsK HN: Why can't the US change to the metric system? by dnu on Sunday May 12, 2013 @01:39AM (#5693282)
That won't solve anything. Let's say that you leave London and 10:00 UTC, and land in another city at 15:00 UTC. Do you go to dinner? Breakfast? Can you schedule the business meeting at 17:30 UTC or this is just after midnight?

Just get an extra clock and keep it in UTC.

Re:AsK HN: Why can't the US change to the metric system? by bobdvb on Monday May 13, 2013 @09:36AM (#5698529)
I worked in UTC for almost 3 years because it was company policy to have just one timezone for operations. Granted I was in Europe so the impact was minimal on my life, but not having DST and always working in UTC saved a great deal of problems when dealing with clients around the world on a real-time basis. The only organisation I ever had a problem with was the BBC because some of their people would regularly struggle to know which way was up.