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TIL about Swatch Internet Time, a decimal time system that has no time zones. (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I feel that this is what we should be using instead of the current illogical time system.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

Could you imagine traveling without time zones? It would be actual hell.

Normally you wake up at 1300, but then you travel to japan, you don't know when they wake up. So maybe you ask the hotel staff or maybe people will start putting signs up "Japan wakes up at 0300". I mean it's cool you don't need to change your watch or wait for your phone time to update when the plane lands, but how do you know when lunch is? When do you go to sleep? If a meeting you're having is at 1000, is that way late in the day meeting? Or is that a super early meeting and maybe you should get to bed early the night before. You would have no clue unless you do it on the regular.

Now, you could just download an app that tells you what time it is where you're at currently relative to what you normally use (so in Japan while they think it's 0300, your phone says 1300) so this would make these way easier for you since all the times are just normal. Every time you move around you just tell the app where you're at and it adjusts the time is displays annnndddd......oh wait I just re-invited time zones.