[math-fun] Dump time zones in favor of UTC everywhere?
James Gleick argues that we should: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/06/opinion/sunday/time-to-dump-time-zones.htm.... —Dan
He argues that "our relationship with time is changing". Somehow, he left the earth and sun out of the relationship. Hilarie
James Gleick argues that we should:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/06/opinion/sunday/time-to-dump-time-zones.htm....
—Dan
As a first approximation, I think that we should ditch Daylight Saving Time. A corollary of this is that the UK will permanently reside in Greenwich Mean Time, which is *almost* identical to UTC. Best wishes, Adam P. Goucher
Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2016 at 9:41 PM From: "Dan Asimov" <dasimov@earthlink.net> To: math-fun@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [math-fun] Dump time zones in favor of UTC everywhere?
James Gleick argues that we should:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/06/opinion/sunday/time-to-dump-time-zones.htm....
—Dan
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On 06/11/2016 09:18, Adam P. Goucher wrote:
As a first approximation, I think that we should ditch Daylight Saving Time. A corollary of this is that the UK will permanently reside in Greenwich Mean Time, which is *almost* identical to UTC.
I would prefer to ditch not-Daylight-Saving Time. -- g
I agree, daylight savings time year round. -- Gene From: Gareth McCaughan <gareth.mccaughan@pobox.com> To: math-fun@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Sunday, November 6, 2016 3:48 AM Subject: Re: [math-fun] Dump time zones in favor of UTC everywhere? On 06/11/2016 09:18, Adam P. Goucher wrote:
As a first approximation, I think that we should ditch Daylight Saving Time. A corollary of this is that the UK will permanently reside in Greenwich Mean Time, which is *almost* identical to UTC.
I would prefer to ditch not-Daylight-Saving Time. -- g
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