Pro@programming.dev to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoWhy don't the whole planet just use UTC+00:00 / Universal Time without time zones?message-squaremessage-square198linkfedilinkarrow-up1126arrow-down148file-text
arrow-up178arrow-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 · 17 days agomessage-square198linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepastermil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·16 days agoYou can’t be serious. There’s no way we can compare something that spans two hours both ways with something that spans twelve hours.
minus-squareAllerolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 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-up1·16 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!
You can’t be serious. There’s no way we can compare something that spans two hours both ways with something that spans twelve hours.
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!