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Make7

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50. Using UTC everywhere local hours would be more like the following...

Mon Mar 11, 2013, 01:27 AM

Mar 2013

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... for your example of typical 8 am - 5 pm work hours:

[div style="margin-left:1em;"][div style="display:inline; font-size:1.1em; font-family:monospace; white-space:pre;"]City Typical work hours
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[div style="display:inline; font-size:1.1em; font-family:monospace; white-space:pre;"]London 08:00 to 17:00 ( 8 am - 5 pm)
[div style="display:inline; font-size:1.1em; font-family:monospace; white-space:pre;"]New York 13:00 to 22:00 ( 1 pm - 10 pm)
[div style="display:inline; font-size:1.1em; font-family:monospace; white-space:pre;"]Los Angeles 16:00 to 01:00 ( 4 pm - 1 am)
[div style="display:inline; font-size:1.1em; font-family:monospace; white-space:pre;"]Honolulu 18:00 to 03:00 ( 6 pm - 3 am)
[div style="display:inline; font-size:1.1em; font-family:monospace; white-space:pre;"]Tokyo 23:00 to 08:00 (11 pm - 8 am)
[div style="display:inline; font-size:1.1em; font-family:monospace; white-space:pre;"]Moscow 04:00 to 13:00 ( 4 am - 1 pm)
No time conversions necessary - everybody's clocks would be set to the same time.

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Daylight Saving Time - an obsolete anachronism - why not a better way? [View all] LVZ Mar 2013 OP

I love Daylight Savings Time. A time to rejuvenate. graham4anything Mar 2013 #1

I agree. Makes the summer evenings longer and JDPriestly Mar 2013 #51

(from link) two instead of four times zones and no daylight savings time - works for me. -- n/t Las Vegas Mixx Mar 2013 #2

Guessing you don't live on the east coast Ruby the Liberal Mar 2013 #3

I live on the East coast Tien1985 Mar 2013 #4

Actually, the east coast winter sunset/sunrise would stay at the same time muriel_volestrangler Mar 2013 #6

Ah - I just looked at the maps Ruby the Liberal Mar 2013 #7

Which would give Portland, Maine a December sunset of 3:04 pm muriel_volestrangler Mar 2013 #11

Leave DST alone. AngryOldDem Mar 2013 #5

So I am not the only one with a March 10 countdown? Ruby the Liberal Mar 2013 #8

It has been a CRUEL winter. AngryOldDem Mar 2013 #9

Well, move over and make room then... Ruby the Liberal Mar 2013 #20

You bet. I look forward to the time change every year. duffyduff Mar 2013 #13

Japan has no DST--and here's what happens Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2013 #37

But the "time" doesn't change dpbrown Mar 2013 #41

I should say, relative to the sunrise and sunset, time doesn't change dpbrown Mar 2013 #42

That's one thing that bothered me when I lived in Tokyo. subterranean Mar 2013 #52

I believe energy usage pipoman Mar 2013 #10

I get tired of people whining and complaining about it. duffyduff Mar 2013 #12

I'm with you dflprincess Mar 2013 #29

I'd rather have an hour in the morning dpbrown Mar 2013 #43

FYI. 'Obsolete anachronism' is terribly redundant. randome Mar 2013 #14

I fucking love it. cherokeeprogressive Mar 2013 #15

Why have any time zones? Everyone should just use UTC. ( n/t ) Make7 Mar 2013 #16

That would seem to make the most sense quakerboy Mar 2013 #46

Using UTC everywhere local hours would be more like the following... Make7 Mar 2013 #50

I can take or leave DST, but getting rid of time zones doesn't make much sense fishwax Mar 2013 #17

I agree with your point. tritsofme Mar 2013 #22

Oh, I know ... I was just drawing on the link from the OP fishwax Mar 2013 #25

I don't have a problem with the time zones. GoCubsGo Mar 2013 #18

I'm fine with the time zones, but DST is stupid. kudzu22 Mar 2013 #19

Indiana. MyshkinCommaPrince Mar 2013 #21

Personally, I wish we'd switch it to daylight savings time and Fawke Em Mar 2013 #23

Get rid of DST for the lower latitudes! burrowowl Mar 2013 #24

Standard time is the anachronism Warpy Mar 2013 #26

Energy Savings a Myth? - California Energy Commission study LVZ Mar 2013 #49

as a NY transplant to Florida HockeyMom Mar 2013 #27

I HEAR YOU HOCKEYMOM!!! Skittles Mar 2013 #53

Make DST standard. Dawson Leery Mar 2013 #28

The problem with that is... Bay Boy Mar 2013 #40

as long as the outcome is PERMANENT daylight savings time, I'm all in.... mike_c Mar 2013 #30

Keep it at four time zones, but make it DST year round. Terra Alta Mar 2013 #31

I don't quite get why DST is so terrible, but everyone COULD use GMT HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #32

Anything time related is a nightmare for big databases. Archaic Mar 2013 #33

I think it's more about northern versus southern latitudes magical thyme Mar 2013 #34

White House Petition to get rid of the time change Samjm Mar 2013 #35

China isn't "fine" with one time zone Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2013 #36

No, Russia eliminated 2 time zones in 2010 LVZ Mar 2013 #47

Keep the time zones, ditch the time change Samjm Mar 2013 #38

make it Daylight Savings Time year 'round.... chillfactor Mar 2013 #39

We don't get extra hours of daylight. Apophis Mar 2013 #48

Remember when Nixon did DST year round? LeftInTX Mar 2013 #44

I remember, a kid in my area got hit & killed by a car walking to school in the dark. nt Raine Mar 2013 #54

Sadly, this wouldn't work. AverageJoe90 Mar 2013 #45