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rdl
15y ago
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USSR did exactly that, historically (there was one time; Moscow time).
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griftah
15y ago
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No. USSR was always divided into several time zones. Moscow time is just a soviet analog of GMT.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Russia#Developments
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15y ago
Ah! You're right -- but a lot more civilian-visible things (train schedules, etc.) were specified in Moscow Time throughout the USSR, whereas in the US it is very rare to use Zulu time/UTC or even DC time for anything.
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