On Sat, 5 Nov 2016 14:33:23 -0700, Charles Mills wrote: >http://nyti.ms/2epoRsf > >I disagree. I would happily ditch Summer/Daylight Saving Time, but I think >time zones make life easier. If it is 8 pm in San Francisco and I am >wondering if it is too late to call my friend in New York, it is much easier >to look and say "11 pm -- probably too late" than it would be to have to say >"let's think, what UTC time do folks in New York tend to go to bed?" > I can take a couple other contrary positions. I believe employees want to have some morning light and as much afternoon light as possible outside working hours. And businesses find it more economical to adjust clocks than to repaint signs on their front doors semiannually. (And IT should accommodate the public; the public should not be required to accommodate IT.)
On time zones, I can more agree the NYT article. I recall an airline pilot's telling me six decades ago that he would be delighted to see the whole world on UTC. The armed forces do it; for both it's a matter of safety where a miscommunication can be lethal. But I know to correct a television network's announcement of a show at 9 PM Easterb to know that if it's a sports event it means 7 PM Mountain; if it's a scripted drama it means 8 PM Mountain. (Really.) The first thing to go should be the 12-hour clock. It benefits no one. Wanna talk SI? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
