Pro@programming.dev to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-25 days agoWhy don't the whole planet just use UTC+00:00 / Universal Time without time zones?message-squaremessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up173file-text
arrow-up173message-squareWhy don't the whole planet just use UTC+00:00 / Universal Time without time zones?Pro@programming.dev to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-25 days agomessage-square47fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareqaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 days ago Day/night cycle, the local time usually matches with the local day/night cycle which is far more relevant than international communication of time Tradition, some countries have weird time zones, but it’s a lot of effort for little gain to change that
minus-squarebountygiver [any]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-25 days agoEven though there is a day night cycle, the time for sunrise varies by location anyways (and they also change during different time of the year) We already arbitrarily decide a number to be “morning” anyways, what’s the harm in having each place have their own time range for “morning”? It’s mostly with how society decides that the standard office hours is 9-5, if we are not restricted by such constraints, then it really matters less.
minus-squareBussyCat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoat some point we would have to shift the date and it’s much more convenient to do that at night
Day/night cycle, the local time usually matches with the local day/night cycle which is far more relevant than international communication of time
Tradition, some countries have weird time zones, but it’s a lot of effort for little gain to change that
Even though there is a day night cycle, the time for sunrise varies by location anyways (and they also change during different time of the year)
We already arbitrarily decide a number to be “morning” anyways, what’s the harm in having each place have their own time range for “morning”?
It’s mostly with how society decides that the standard office hours is 9-5, if we are not restricted by such constraints, then it really matters less.
at some point we would have to shift the date and it’s much more convenient to do that at night