• Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Or we could just stop trying to fuck with it and leave it on standard time. Timezones are an international standard. You could easily just adjust your business hours. Instead we’re out here bending everything, even literal time around the capitalist demand for productivity. Just stop fucking with it.

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      2 months ago

      Timezones are an international standard.

      UTC offsets are an international standard. The specific UTC offset to adopt in any particular geographic area is by no means an international standard. That decision is made at a relatively low level of government.

      Or we could just stop trying to fuck with it and leave it on standard time.

      Clearly, you and I don’t want to be in the same time zone. Let’s dump the “Standard Time” and “DST” names. They are really just confusing the issue.

      Eastern Standard Time is currently UTC-5. What state are you in, and what UTC offset do you want to permanently use?

      I am in easterm Ohio, and I want to be permanently on UTC-4.

      I think Maine and much of New England would choose to be on permanent UTC-3, so sunset is never before 4PM.

      I think Michigan would probably choose permanent UTC-5, so sunrise is never after 8AM.