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0 points1W6MIC49CYX9GAP4y ago0 comments

Let's invert the argument:

Using UTC only:

I want to call my Uncle Steve in Melbourne. What are the working hours there? Google tells me it is currently 7:00 to 15:00 there. It's probably best not to call right now.

Using the current system:

I want to call my Uncle Steve in Melbourne. When are the working hours there? It's 8:00 to 16:00, same as it is here, of course! Same as it is in New York, Bangalore and Hawaii, at the South Pole and on the Moon.

You get the point...

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falcolas4y ago

That latter example is pure nonsense - it's the situation today, and that's not how we do it today.

Realistically, both ways you're using a table you looked up online. What's the advantage of one chart over the other?

FalconSensei4y ago

> I want to call my Uncle Steve in Melbourne. When are the working hours there? It's 8:00 to 16:00, same as it is here, of course!

Of course not. If everyone uses UTC, Melbourne wouldn't start they working hours at 8 UTC, neither would you (unless you are in a place where 12pmUTC is sun-noon). So you would need to either ask him his hours, or convert anyways

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