Pro@programming.dev to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWhy don't the whole planet just use UTC+00:00 / Universal Time without time zones?message-squaremessage-square198linkfedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down148file-text
arrow-up179arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square198linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAllerolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·29 days agoIt spans 4,5 hours one way, and 0,5 hours the other way* So, it’s a big deal.
minus-squarepastermil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·29 days agoFine, let’s do it your way. Close to five hours of time difference versus twelve hours. One was rather disruptive to say the least. The other would be either catastrophical, or be regarded as a joke. Of course we won’t hear any dissent about the Chinese time zone! We wouldn’t hear any dissent about China!
It spans 4,5 hours one way, and 0,5 hours the other way*
So, it’s a big deal.
Fine, let’s do it your way.
Close to five hours of time difference versus twelve hours.
One was rather disruptive to say the least. The other would be either catastrophical, or be regarded as a joke.
Of course we won’t hear any dissent about the Chinese time zone! We wouldn’t hear any dissent about China!