Post #2333357
2026-03-29 08:07 UTC
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@osma@mas.to 2026-03-29 08:22
Why 3 what? Here (60N 25E), sun goes up at 00:54 UTC at midsummer, 07:24 UTC midwinter and sets at 19:47/13:16. Shops open any time between 05 and 08. Lunch is served from 09 to 12 UTC. @muri@troet.cafe @rpsu@mas.to @ysbreker@idlethumbs.social
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@mossman@social.vivaldi.net 2026-03-29 09:30
@muri@troet.cafe @osma@mas.to @rpsu@mas.to @ysbreker@idlethumbs.social I have always (even before arguing about this on IRC in about 1990) argued that we should dump this summer/winter fiasco as I never believed the arguments for it were relevant today. Regarding CET across Europe I also thought societies naturally adjust their working day so you see e.g. later dining in Spain which brings it closer to that of the UK than France and Germany. And finally, since I was discussing this on this wonderful new "Internet" I argued that it would help everybody if everybody used GMT (now UTC) as a second reference time for arranging meetings etc. If everyone was used to knowing time in both local and international, that would make life a lot easier.
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@remmy@social.treehouse.systems 2026-03-31 16:02
@muri@troet.cafe @osma@mas.to @rpsu@mas.to @ysbreker@idlethumbs.social If we just ignored local time zones and used UTC everywhere, don't you think people would adapt to… No, I do not. Cf. https://qntm.org/abolish