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I just had to coordinate an online meeting with some guy at a company, I had no idea where he's based but he suggested time slots in EST (I'm in Toronto). I asked him twice if he's sure, thinking he may be based outside of North America and doesn't know that Toronto currently follows EDT which is GMT-4h, and he just responded "Eastern Standard Time".
And of course he actually meant EDT. Turns out he is based in North America, just dumb.
Fuck timezones, but more than that fuck daylight saving time. You want an extra hour of sunshine after work in summer? Shift the work schedule, not the fucking clock!
Dude, so many people just use cst, EST etc. When they say 10am est during DST, I reply so 11am EDT/10AM CDT.
Always, always, decide on a time zone that matches the clock above the CEOs desk at the company buying the service.
You're selling boats? Customer's wall clock. You're talking with azure support because your bill has some bloated charges? You better believe your clock is the only one that counts. The highest ranking person in the entity forking over cash has control over time zones and fuck everyone else.
The next time I ask Siri anything, she better just tell me the time in Atlanta even if I ask for anything else.
Do not ask for the time zone, ask for the city. Than use a tool for the task. People are stupid, and they don't necessarily know the name of their time zone, even during DST.
I used website this before, you just type the city names and it will show you which time is good for which participant: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html But I'm pretty sure a lot other websites exist to solve this.
The problem in your story was not time zones, but you didn't use the correct tool for the task.
It's not me who didn't use a tool, it was the other guy.
You should have confirmed in GMT, and then you could both convert it to whatever your local time is.
Makes me appreciate being in Atlanta, which is in eastern time but (as shown on this map) "ought" to be in central time. I get a daylight-savings-time-like experience year-round and then get actual daylight savings time stacked on top of it.
Okay so I've been to zooatl and the aquarium, and I STILL never heard anyone say that ever. Checking out Trixie while she was still behind the glass, and still no one said "glad I live here". :-)
Just teasing. Fernbank was awesome too and - aside from driving - getting around was okay too. The best work trips incorporate some slacking.
LOL, glad you had a good time.
Anyway, let me put it this way: I would very much rather live in Atlanta (eastern time) than just over the border in Alabama (central time).
timezones are important
Only because we are used to it.
because?
because 5 am on the us west coast and 5 am in the uk don't actually take place at the same time
05:00 UTC is the same for both.
I have a flight at 2 am but I don't want to get up at midnight!
I'll just change my clocks and get up at 6 am instead.