Pro@programming.dev to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agoWhy don't the whole planet just use UTC+00:00 / Universal Time without time zones?message-squaremessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down136file-text
arrow-up157arrow-down1message-squareWhy don't the whole planet just use UTC+00:00 / Universal Time without time zones?Pro@programming.dev to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square79fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up67·14 days agoBecause we like midnight to happen at night, and noon to happen during the day
minus-squareyesman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·14 days agoThis is exactly right. People don’t wan to change, even if the new way is demonstrably superior. Look at the adoption of the Metric system in England and the (almost) adoption in the US.
minus-squarecattywampas@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·14 days agoUTC isn’t even demonstrably superior.
Because we like midnight to happen at night, and noon to happen during the day
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This is exactly right. People don’t wan to change, even if the new way is demonstrably superior. Look at the adoption of the Metric system in England and the (almost) adoption in the US.
UTC isn’t even demonstrably superior.