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Why don't the whole planet just use UTC+00:00 / Universal Time without time zones?
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this post was submitted on 31 May 2025
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Good luck teaching kids how to tell time then.
Like, the loose but accepted general concept of time as we tend to comprehend it best is when it's noon, the sun is around its peak.
Using one single time worldwide would totally break that concept and make things very confusing.
Idk if it would. As a pilot, Zulu time (gmt 00:00) is used across the board.
The person was rather talking about locally significant understanding of time like "I have to wake up at 4AM for fucks sake.", which has the same meaning anywhere at any time.
But if the same time as 4am now fell on 20:00 people locally would know its super early
20:00? That's a reasonable time here. Businesses here are usually open from 23:00-10:00.
Thank goodness it's Thursday, though, the weekend is about to start.
Which would make moving or travelling between time zones confusing. Exactly the problem op wishes to solve. Have they considered when the day moves from Monday to Tuesday? Is that at midnight still?