Comment on Why don't we have one timezone covering the whole earth?
hglman@lemmy.world 8 months agoYeah, which makes the points, it’s non trivial to know when to contact people with timezones anyways. The time zone only adds more complexity.
Comment on Why don't we have one timezone covering the whole earth?
hglman@lemmy.world 8 months agoYeah, which makes the points, it’s non trivial to know when to contact people with timezones anyways. The time zone only adds more complexity.
ta_leadran_orm@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I think the point is that people’s routine isn’t tied to sunrise. For example, in the summertime I start work about 4 hours after sunrise, and in the winter I start work 20mins after sunrise. The difference would actually be more dramatic without daylight savings With timezones and modern internet you don’t need to look up the offset at all, you just look up the current time in that zone and decide if that’s an appropriate time to call. Speaking as someone who deals with timezones a fair bit, both in work and personal life. And as someone who understands the headache of dealing with them in international computer systems, the time zone system is a very nice compromise. Though daylight savings need to die
hglman@lemmy.world 8 months ago
If your start time has a 4 hour swing, how could you just look up your local time and make a choice to call?