Comment on Why don't we have one timezone covering the whole earth?
redcalcium@lemmy.institute 8 months agoI think the compromise would be the country/region that proposes global time should get the +12h offset. If it’s not a big deal, then they can deal with such a large offset themselves and spare the rest of the world from the brunt of the pain.
HatchetHaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
nah, a 12-hour offset is boring and easy to deal with. give them a 6-hour offset.
redcalcium@lemmy.institute 8 months ago
12h offset is where it causes the maximum confusion to society because the date changes right in the middle of the day. In our personal and professional live, we never considered the date can change right in the middle of the day, causing wide variety of minor inconvenience in our daily life. Some examples of minor inconveniences: