[time-nuts] Time-zones and World time..

[Hal Murray]

> When I communicate with the US, I have to work out which time-zone the
> place I'm talking to is in and correct for that. It's probably not so
> much of a problem for someone in America  as you get used to the
> time-zone differences but this adds complexity for an outsider. I just
> wondered if it would add global communications and buisiness to have a
> single World standard.

A single World standard won't change the problem, just push it around.  
Suppose you live in London and I ran my watch (and life) on UTC.  When should 
you call me?  You have to figure out when I'm at work.  With time zones, you 
can assume that normal working hours are 9-5, local time.  If I'm running on 
UTC, I'll shift my working hours to be local daytime.  If you want to call 
me, you have to figure out when I'm at work, how far I shifted my life 
relative to your time.


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