Relatedly, this blog post, "So you want to abolish time zones"[0] elaborates a hypothetical scenario of calling someone in Melbourne, and how complicated it would be without time zones (since if it's 4 am everywhere, what's the <i>solar</i> time in Melbourne)? I find it hard to imagine a time zone-free world in which you wouldn't also need a reference for when solar time happens in different regions, which would just end up being a messy version of time zones all over again.<p>Various global organizations and groups already use UTC to coordinate, so it seems we already have an opt-in solution for those who really need to abolish time zones.<p>[0] <a href="https://qntm.org/abolish" rel="nofollow">https://qntm.org/abolish</a>
Sure. Let's figure out if it's daytime or the middle of the night somewhere without timezones. Makes perfect sense!<p>Timezones exist to serve the purpose of interacting with other areas in relative daytime using discrete chunks of geography.
I have always wondered if institutional timings depend on clock(eg: office open at 7AM), and countries want to change the timings, why not change the timings directly at local level((office open at 8 AM in winters), instead of changing clock at national level?
I was quite fond of the Swatch internet time or Beat time [0]. It divided the day into 1000 beats, discarded daylight saving and time zones. The only quirk is that the time source is derived from CET / Biel Mean Time (BMT) as opposed to UTC due to the Swatch corporation being headquartered in Beal Switzerland.<p>[0]: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Internet_Time" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Internet_Time</a>
Id be much more interested in reforming the calendar<p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_reform" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_reform</a>