Pro@programming.dev to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoWhy don't the whole planet just use UTC+00:00 / Universal Time without time zones?message-squaremessage-square114linkfedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down16file-text
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minus-squarefrank@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoI see this argument all the time. Forget all the tradition, “people like noon near solar noon”, all that. Date changes mid day some places and not others would be a nightmare for so many things. What’re you doing on the Tuesday half of June 15/16th?
minus-squareweirdboy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoThis happens anyway. I literally have meetings every week where it’s Tuesday night for everyone else on the meeting, and Wednesday morning for me.
minus-squareNibodhika@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoThat’s different, your day remains Wednesday their day remains Tuesday, they’re talking about going to lunch on Tuesday and coming back on Wednesday, do you call that your Tuesday lunch? Tuesday Dinner? Wednesday breakfast? Wednesday lunch?
I see this argument all the time. Forget all the tradition, “people like noon near solar noon”, all that.
Date changes mid day some places and not others would be a nightmare for so many things.
What’re you doing on the Tuesday half of June 15/16th?
This happens anyway. I literally have meetings every week where it’s Tuesday night for everyone else on the meeting, and Wednesday morning for me.
That’s different, your day remains Wednesday their day remains Tuesday, they’re talking about going to lunch on Tuesday and coming back on Wednesday, do you call that your Tuesday lunch? Tuesday Dinner? Wednesday breakfast? Wednesday lunch?