Pro@programming.dev to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoWhy don't the whole planet just use UTC+00:00 / Universal Time without time zones?message-squaremessage-square99linkfedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down140file-text
arrow-up163arrow-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 · 7 days agomessage-square99linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecally [he/they]@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down1·6 days agoThat would make time more unrelated to the sun, which is pretty important.
minus-squareanonymous@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down6·6 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-down1·6 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-up5·6 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.
That would make time more unrelated to the sun, which is pretty important.
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.