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[–] el_doso@lemmy.world 50 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Its Western most point crosses the international date line and is therefore technically "really far east" instead of "really far west".

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[+] superkret@feddit.de 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

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[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 28 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Wait until you find out that some places breach that line (in addition to it being wobbly to begin with) which is we have timezones greater than +12 or -12. I hate timezones. With a passion. Signed: a programmer.

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[–] PlexSheep@feddit.de 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

The world would be better if we just used UTC everywhere.

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[–] triplenadir@lemmygrad.ml 1 point 3 years ago

or Decimal Internet Time, which is way easier to do calculations with, easier to distinguish from local times, and is less eurocentric

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[–] cheezpatrol@lemmy.world 17 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Albeit arbitrary... if it's globally recognized that each new day begins as the sun crests the international date line, and the sun indisputably rises from the East, why would it not make sense?

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[–] TheActualDevil@sffa.community 1 point 3 years ago

Because time and direction are different metrics? West is a metric that only means anything in relation to something else in a straight line. It's a direction. West doesn't stop being west if you go too far. It's always west.