Pro@programming.dev to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoWhy don't the whole planet just use UTC+00:00 / Universal Time without time zones?message-squaremessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up130arrow-down1message-squareWhy don't the whole planet just use UTC+00:00 / Universal Time without time zones?Pro@programming.dev to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square107fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareanonymous@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·16 days agoWe could just get used to the fact that in this location 6 PM means noon and in this other location it’s 3 PM It’s changing all the time anyway, so time is almost never aligned with the sun.
minus-squarechaospatterns@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·16 days agoSounds a lot like getting used to time zones. Just get used to it being 3pm there when it’s 6pm here
minus-squareEndlessNightmare@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·16 days agoYeah, the number on the clock is just a number. Does it matter if it says 12 or 6 or 20? That said, if we were going to a universal time zone, I would definitely get rid of AM/PM and do 24-hour clock.
We could just get used to the fact that in this location 6 PM means noon and in this other location it’s 3 PM
It’s changing all the time anyway, so time is almost never aligned with the sun.
Sounds a lot like getting used to time zones. Just get used to it being 3pm there when it’s 6pm here
Yeah, the number on the clock is just a number. Does it matter if it says 12 or 6 or 20?
That said, if we were going to a universal time zone, I would definitely get rid of AM/PM and do 24-hour clock.