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Why isn't this a popular thing?

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[–] HatchetHaro@pawb.social 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

because we sleep at night and are active during the day, and so we need to track that in a way that is universal. if i mention 12:00, people understand that it is noon where i am, and if i mention 22:00, they know it's bedtime.

the whole point of time zones is to have time cohesion in a wider region within margin of error of solar noon, so people on the far east and far west of a time zone are close enough to solar noon at 12:00. you can take a train to a neighbouring city without having to worry about needing to adjust your timekeeping devices by a few minutes.

to put your scenario into perspective, china has already done what you suggested on a smaller scale: the entire country is on UTC+8 for the sake of "unity" and "national cohesion". beijing loves it; 12:00 is still noon there! except it ain't in xinjiang and tibet. xinjiang has its own unofficial xinjiang time zone of UTC+6, and so people have to specify which time zone they're talking about and convert times between the two time zones in conversation because the uyghers use xinjiang time and the han chinese use beijing time, and you can imagine the confusion and also technical issues that has arisen from that.

imagine that, but 12 times worse. no thanks, i'll do the simple math of converting time zones if i ever need to communicate internationally.

fuck daylight savings. take that shit out back.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

We should also all work 9am-5pm of course.

Edit: it would be wild because in the USA the shops would open in the middle of the night etc.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Who are you, a service employee? In our country, office workers' shifts are 7-15 and factory workers' 6-14, plus 14-22 and 22-6 in two/three-shift operations. The workday opening hours of small businesses are approximately:

  • Convenience shops: 6-7 to 18-21 (overwhelmingly run by the Vietnamese minority)
  • Pubs: 10-16 to 20-24
  • Bakeries: 6 to 15-16
  • Clothes stores, jewelry etc.: 8-10 to 16-18 (closest to a "9-5")
  • Hairdressers, massage parlors: by appointment, usually 10-20

People who ever work after 16:00 are a minority.

[–] Coconut1233@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

To be fair, a lot of office jobs (in Prague at least) are 9-17, or 8-16. Unless you meant government offices, which do open earlier with standart 8(7.5)hr shift

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[–] remon@ani.social 1 points 1 week ago

That's 9:00 - 17:00.

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Almost a century ago, the fascist dictator of Spain wanted to appease Hitler and decided to move the timezone from the UK one to the German one. With daylight savings the situation in summer was a bit ridiculous: dark until 9 am and sun until 10 pm, it was very confusing as a tourist to have all the stores to open so late in morning and go out to eat dinner so late

I can't imagine what kind of mess would be going to Japan as a tourist on UTC+0

[–] Quazatron@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Same reason some people use miles instead of kilometers, or that most people use Windows even if they hate it.

Inertia is a powerful force.

[–] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Long discussion here. I feel I'd like to add two things. First: we already do. If you coordinate international video calls or conference live streams, you'll say it starts 14:00 UTC. That is something we can do and regularly do. Some companies will use the timezone of their headquarters, though.

Furthermore: Once you're already in the process of changing how time works, don't do a half-assed job. Go all the way and make it metric. Do away with all the 12/24 and 60s. And make things divisible by 1000.

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[–] omxxi@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

Maybe it would be easier if the earth would be flat :)

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