https://xkcd.com/2846

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I average out the spring and fall changes and just set my clocks 39 minutes ahead year-round.

  • @[email protected]
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    312 years ago

    No because if you’re talking to someone on the other side of the planet (thanks internet), you can schedule some sort of event with them without having to look up the time difference before hand

    • @[email protected]
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      322 years ago

      Yeah but you need to know when they’d be sleeping, for example, so you still need to figure something out related to time differences.

      • @[email protected]
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        112 years ago

        You both just have present your working or availability hours beforehand. Honestly this works better for me than someone assuming I’m available for an 8am meeting. I live on the US east coast, but my sleeping schedule is more west coast.

          • BOMBS
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            42 years ago

            Nope, that was a check! The reason of not wanting to ask for availability periods still exists with time zones.

        • @[email protected]
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          152 years ago

          Ok, but businesses run about 8 to 17 local no matter where you are in the world, that’s much easier to figure out with time zones than having to check the business’s schedule every time you need to contact one.